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The  Tenement  House  Law 


OF 


THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


WITH 


HEADINGS,  PARAGRAPHS  AND  FULL  INDEXES 


EDITED  BY 


William  J.  Fryer 


PUBLISHED    BY 

THE    RECORD    AND    GUIDE 
14-16  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


Copyrighted  1901 
By  Clinton  W.  Sweet,  14-16  Vesey  St.,  N.  Y. 


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The  Tenement  House  Law 


OF 


THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


WITH 


HEADINGS,  PARAGRAPHS  AND  FULL  INDEXES 


EDITED  BY 


William  I.  Fryer 


PUBLISHED    BY 

THE    RECORD    AND    GUIDE 
14-16  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


Copyrighted  1901 
By  Clinton  W.  Sweet,  14-16  Vesey  St.,  N.  Y. 


Printed  by 

THE  RECORD  AND  GUIDE  PRESS, 

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CONTENTS- 


THE  TENEMENT  HOUSE  LAW. 

CHAPTER  I. 

DEFINITIONS. 

Page. 

Sec.        1.    Short  Title  and  Application 1 

"          2.     Definitions 1 

Meaning  of  a  Tenement  House 2 

"  a  Yard 2 

"  a  Court 2 

"  a   Shaft 2 

"   a  Public  Hall 2 

"  a   Stair   Hall 3 

"         "  a  Basement 3 

"  a  Cellar 3 

"         "  a  Fireproof  Tenement  House 3 

"         "  Certain  Words 3 

"          3.     Buildings  Converted  or  Altered 4 

"          4.     Buildings  in  Process  of  Erection 4 

"          5.    Corner   Lots 4 

CHAPTER  II. 

PROTECTION  FROM  FIRE. 

TITLE  I. — Provisions  Applicable  Only  to  Tenement  Houses  Here- 
after  Erected 5 

Sec.      11.     Fireproof   Tenements,   When    Required 5 

"        12.     Fire    Escapes 5 

13.  Bulkheads 9 

14.  Stairs  and   Public   Halls 9 

"        15.     Stairways  in  Non-Fireproof  Buildings 9 

"        16.     Stairways   in    Fireproof    Buildings 9 

17.  Stairways,    Continued 10 

18.  Stair   Halls 10 

19.  Stair   Halls,    Continued 11 

20.  Entrance  Halls 11 

21.  First  Tier  of   Beams 12 

"        22.     Partitions,   Construction  of 12 

"        23.     Cellar  Stairs  in  Non-Fireproof  Buildings 12 

24.  Cellar  Stairs  in  Fireproof  Buildings 13 

25.  Closet  Under  First  Story  Stairs 13 

26.  Cellar  Entrance 13 

Bins  for  Wood  and  Coal 13 

27.  Fire  Stops 14 

"        28.    Wooden   Tenement   Houses 14 

TITLE    II. — Provisions   Applicable   Only    to   Now  Existing   Tene- 
ment Houses 15 

Sec.      29.     Fire  Escapes 15 

"        30.     Fire  Escapes,   Continued 15 

"       31.    Fire  Escapes,  Continued 15 


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Page. 

Sec.      32.     Scuttles,  Bulkheads  and  Ladders,  . .  .^ lt> 

33.  Stair  Halls,   Public  Halls  and  Entrance  Halls 16 

34.  Tenements   Damaged   By   Fire 16 

TITLE  III.— Provisions  Applicable  to  All  Tenement  Houses  Here- 
after Erected  or  Now  Existing 17 

Sec.      35.    Fire    Escapes 17 

3(5.     Stairways 17 

37.  Shafts 18 

38.  Plastering  Behind  Wainscoting 18 

39.  Wooden    Buildings    on    Same    Lot    with    a    Tenement 

House 18 

"        40.     Combustible    Material 18 

41.     Bakeries  and  Fat  Boiling 19 

"        42.    Other    Dangerous    Businesses 19 

CHAPTER  III. 

LIGHT  AND  VENTILATION. 

TITLE  I. — Provisions  Applicable  Only  to  Tenement  Houses  Here- 
after Erected 20 

Sec.      51.    Percentage  of  Lot  Occupied 20 

52.  Height 20 

53.  Yards 20 

"        54.    Yards  of  Interior  Lots 21 

"        55.    Yards  of  Corner  Lots 21 

"        56.    Yard    Spaces    of   Lots    Running   Through   from    Street 

to  Street 21 

57.  Courts 22 

58.  Outer  Courts 22 

■"        59.     Outer  Courts,   Continued 23 

60.     Outer  Courts,  Continued 23 

"        61.     Inner  Courts 23 

"        62.     Inner    Courts,    Continued 24 

"        63.     Inner  Courts,   Continued 25 

64.     Outer  and   Inner   Courts 25 

"        65.     Rear  Tenements 26 

^'        66.     Buildings  on  Same  Lot  with  tenement  Houses 26 

"        67.     Rooms,  Lighting  and  Ventilation  of 26 

"        68.    Windows  in  Rooms 26 

^'        69.    Windows    in    Water-Closet    Compartments    and    Bath- 
rooms    27 

70.  Rooms,  Size  of 27 

71.  Alcoves 27 

72.  Public  Halls 28 

73.  Windows  for  Public  Halls,  Size  of 28 

74.  Windows  for  Stair  Halls,  Size  of 28 

"        75.     Privacy 29 

TITLE   II. — Provisions   Applicable   Only   to   Now   Existing  Tene- 
ment Houses 29 

Sec.      76.     Percentage  of  Lot  Occupied 29 

77.  Yards 29 

78.  Additional   Rooms  and  Halls 30 

"        79.     Rooms,  Lighting  and  Ventilation  of.  Continued 30 

80.     Public  Halls,  Lighting  of 31 

"        81.    Light  and  Vent  Shafts  in  Existing  Buildings 31 

TITLE  III. — Provisions  Applicable  to  All  Tenement  Houses  Here- 
after Erected  or  Now  Existing 32 

Sec.      82.     Public  Halls 32 

83.     Skylights 32 

"        84.     Chimneys   or   Fireplaces 33 

85.    Vent  Shafts 33 


CHAPTER  IV. 

SANITARY  PROVISIONS. 

Page. 
TITLE  I, — Provisions  Applicable  Only  to  Tenement  Houses  Here- 
after Erected 34 

Sec.      91.     Basements  and  Cellars 34 

92.     Basements  and  Cellars,  Continued 85 

"        93.     Shafts,    Courts,    Areas   and   Yards 35 

94.     Water  Supply 3.-) 

"        95.     Water-Closet    Accommodations 35 

9G.     Plumbing 36 

TITLE   II. — Provisions    Applicable   Only   to   Now    Existing   Tene- 
ment Houses 30 

Sec.      97.     Basements  and  Cellars 3<» 

98.  Water-closets 37 

99.  Public    Sinks 38 

100.     Privy  Vaults,   School  Sinks  and  Water-Closets 38 

TITLE    III. — Provisions    Applicable    to    All     Tenement    Houses 

Whether  Hereafter  Erected  or  Now  Existing.  30 

Sec.   101.    Basements    and    Cellars 39 

"      102.     Cellar  Walls  and  Ceilings 39 

"      103.     Roofs 39 

"      104.     Water  Supply 39 

"      105.     Cleanliness    of    Buildings 40 

"      106.     Shafts  and  Courts 40 

"      107.     Walls  of  Courts  and  Shafts ; 41 

"      108.    Wall  Paper 41 

"      109.     Receptacles  for  Ashes,  Garbage  and  Refuse 41 

"      110.     Prohibited    Uses 41 

"      111.     Janitor    or    Housekeeper 41 

"      112.     Overcrowding 42 

"      113.     Space  Around  Pipes 42 


CHAPTER  V. 

REMEDIES. 

TITLE  I. — General  Powers  and  Duties 43 

Sec.   121.     Permit   to    Commence    Building 43 

"      122.     Certificate   of   Compliance 44 

"      123.    Unlawful  Occupation 44 

"      124.     Enforcement 45 

"      125.    Violations 45 

"      126.     Penalties   for  Violations 45 

"       127.     Violation   of   Building  Laws,   Ordinances  and   Regula- 
tions    46 

"      128.    Procedure 46 

"      129.     Liens 47 

TITLE  II. — Registry  of  Names  and  Service  of  Papers 47 

Sec.    131.     Registry  of  Owners'  Names 47 

"     132.     Registry   of  Agent's  Name 48 

"      133.     Service  of  Notices  and  Orders 48 

"      134.     Service   of   Summons 49 

"      135.     Indexing  Names 49 

TITLE  III.— Prostitution  in  Tenement  Houses 50 

Sec.   141.    Vagrancy 50 

"      142.     Lien 50 

"      143.     Permission  of  Lessee 50 

"      144.     Permission  of  Owner 51 

"      145.     Rules  of  Evidence 51 


VI 


Page. 

Sec.   14Ck    Title  of  Action  i-nd  Parties 51 

147.  Jurisdiction  and  Procedure 52 

148.  Judgment 52 

149.  Sale  of  Property 53 

150.  Receivership 53 

151.  Cancellation  of  Notices  of  Pendency  of  the  Action.  ...  54 


CHAPTER  VI. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Sec.   IGl.    Repeal 54 

"      162.     Building  Regulations 54 

"      163.     Penalties 54 

"      164.     Time  for  Compliance 55 

"      165.    When   to   Take    Effect 55 


ALPHABETICAL  INDEX 

TO  THE 

TENEMENT   HOUSE  LAW 

L       General  Provisions 

n.      Tenement  Houses  Hereafter  Erected 

nL    Now^  Existing  Tenement  Houses 


GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

Section.  Page. 

Abatement    of    nuisance 128  46 

Act,  enforcement  of 124  45 

Act,    wlien    to    take    effect 165  55 

Action    for    possession    of    premises,    when    none    may 

be  maintained , 123  45 

Action  for  rent,   when  none  may  be  maintained 123  45 

Action,    title  of,    and   parties 146  51 

Action  to  establish  a  lien,  cancellation  of 151  54 

Address  of  agent  to  be  registered 132  48 

Address  of  owner  to  be  registered 131  47 

Agent   for   owner 121  43 

Agent,  guilty  of  misdemeanor  for  violating  laws,  ordi- 
nances and  regulations 127  46 

Agent,  permission  of,   for  prostitution 142  50 

Agent's   name   to  be   registered 132  48 

Air   shaft,    meaning   of 2  2 

Alterations  to  existing  tenements,  time  limit  in  which 

to  make 164  55 

Altered   buildings 3  4 

Application   and    short    title 1  1 

Application,    blank    forms    of 121  43 

Approval  to  be  obtained  before  proceeding  with  work.  121  44 
Architect,    guilty    of   misdemeanor   for   violating   laws, 

ordinances  and   regulations 127  46 

Basement,  meaning  of 2  3 

Beams,   first  tier  set 4  4 

Blank  forms   on  application 121  43 

Bond  and  mortgage,  when  may  be  declared  due 123  45 

Builder,    guilty    of    misdemeanor    for    violating    laws, 

ordinances    and    regulations 127  46 

Building   Code    violations 127  46 

Building,  permits  to  commence 121  44 

Building   regulations 1(52  54 

Buildings  converted   or  altered 3  4 

Buildings  in  process  of  erection  at  time  of  passage  of 

act i  4 

Buildings  on  corner  lots,  width  of 5  4 

Cancellation  of  notice  of  pendency  of  the  action 151  54 

Cellar,    meaning   of 2  3 

Certificate    of   compliance 122  44 

Certificate  to  be  obtained  before  occupancy  of  building.  122  44 

Certificate  to  be  obtained  before  proceeding  with  work.  121  44 


Yiil 

Section.        Page. 

City  treasury  to  receive  collected  penalties 1()3  55 

Code,   building,   violation  of 127  4'» 

Commission    paid    receiver 150  54 

Compliance,  certificates  to  be  obtained  of,  before  occu- 
pancy    122  ,  44 

Contractor,  guilty  of  misdemeanor  for  violating  laws, 

ordinances   and  regulations 127  4(^» 

Converted  buildings ^3  ^4 

Corporation  Counsel  to  act  as  counsel  to  receiver.  ..  .  150  53 

Corner    lots 5  4 

Corner  lots,  width  of  buildings  on 5  ^4 

Corroborative   evidence    of   prostitution 145  51 

Counsel   to   receiver 150  53 

Court,   meaning  of 2  2 

Deed  to  purchaser  to  be  made  by  Department  of  Health  140  53 

Defendant,    the    tenement   house 146  51 

Definitions 2  2 

basement 2  3 

cellar 2  3 

courts 2  2 

fireproof   tenement    house 2  3 

public    hall 2  2 

shafts    2  2 

"shall"    and   other   words 2  3 

stair  hall 2  3 

tenement    houses 2  2 

yard    2  2 

Detailed  statement  to  be  filed 121            -      43 

Department  of  Health,  agent's  name  to  be  registered.  132  48 

notice    of    prostitution 144  51 

owners'  names  to  be  registered 131  51 

the    plaintiff 14G  51 

to  appoint  receiver  of  rents  and  profits 150  53 

to  file  copy  of  judgment 129  47 

to  give  deed  to  purchaser 149  53 

to  jyacate  premises  unfit  for  human  habitation.  .  123  45 
Department  of  Water  Supply,  when  no  water  shall  be 

supplied    123  45 

Dumb  waiter  shaft,   meaning  of 2  2 

Elevator  shaft,   meaning   of 2  2 

Enforcement    124  45 

Evidence,    rules    of 145  51 

Excavation   commenced,   time   allowed 4  4 

Existing    tenements,    time    limit    in    which    to    make 

alterations    to 104 

Exterior   shaft,   meaning   of 


00 


Fines    for    violations 126  45 

Fines  to  be  liens  on  premises 129  47 

Fire-escape   incumbrance,    penalty   for 126  46 

Fireproof  tenement  house,  meaning  of 2  2 

First  tier  of  beams  set 4  4 

Foreman,    guilty    of   misdemeanor   for    violating   laws, 

ordinances  and   regulations 127  4o 

General   reputation   of   premises,   etc.,   competent   evi- 
dence      145  51 

Hall,  public,  meaning  of.    2  2 

Hall,    stair,    meaning   of 2  3 

Imprisonment    for    violations 126  46 

Incumbrance  of  fire-escape,  penalty  for 126  46 

Indexing    names 135  49 


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Indexing  of  judgments  by  County  Clerk 129  47 

Inner  court,   meaning  of 2  2 

Interior  shafts,   meaning  of 2  2 

Judgment    148  52 

Jurisdiction    and    procedure 147  52 

Lease,  when  terminable  by  lessor 143  50 

Lessee,  permission  of,  for  prostitution 143  50 

Lessee,  presumed  use  of  premises  for  prostitution  was 

with   his   permission 145  51 

Lessee,    when    deemed    to   have    given   permission    for 

prostitution    144  51 

Lien    142  50 

Lienor  may  apply  for  receiver  of  property 150  53 

Liens    120  47 

Light,   shaft,    meaning  of 2  2 

Limit  of  time  in  which  to  make  alterations  to  existing 

tenements     1G4  55 

Lots,    corner    5  4 

Mailing  of  a  copy  of  notice  or  order 133  48 

Mandatory    word    "shall" 2  3 

Meaning  of  a  basement     2  3 

"  a  cellar 2  3 

"         "  a  court • 2  2 

"         "  a  fireproof  tenement  house 2  3 

"  a  public  hall 2  2 

"a  shaft 2  2 

"  a  street  court 2  2 

"         "  a  tenement  house -  2  3 

"  a  yard 2  2 

"         "  a  yard   court 2  2 

"         "  an  inner  court 2  2 

"         "  an  outer  court 2  2 

"  '       "  certain   words 2  3 

"         "  stair  hall 2  3 

"  word  "shall" 2  3 

Misdemeanor  to  violate  act 12(5  46 

Misdemeanor,  violation  of  building  code  in  connection 

with   tenement   house 127  46 

Mortgagee,  when  bond  and  mortgage  may  be  declared 

due  at  option 123  45 

Name  of  agent  to  be  registered 132  48 

Name  of  owner  to  be  registered 131  47 

Names,    indexing 1 35  49 

Notice  of  pendency  of  action,  cancellation  of 151  54 

Notice  of  transfer  of  ownership  to  be  filed 131           '      47 

Notices  and  orders,  service  of 133  48 

Occupation,    unlawful,    without   certificates   of   compli- 
ance      123  44 

Orders  and  notices,  service  of 138  48 

Ordinance's,    inconsistent,    repealed l(il  54 

Outer  court,  meaning  of 2  2 

Owner,  guilty    of    misdemeanor    for    violating    laws, 

ordinances   and    regulations 127  46 

Owner,  permission  of  for  prostitution 142  50 

Owner,  personal  service  of  summons  on 134  49 

Owner,  presumed  use  of  premises  for  prostitution  was 

with    his    permission 145  51 

Owner,  when    deemed    to    have    given    permission    for 

prostitution    144  51 

Owners'  names  to  be  registered 131  47 


Section.        Page. 

Parties   and   title   of  action l"!^  2h 

Penalties    log  Jg 

Penalties  for  violations ^^^  ^a 

Penalty  for  incumbrance  of  fire-escapes l^o  4o 

Penalty    for    vagrancy 1^1  ^ 

Permission  of  agent  for  prostitution 14^  ^ 

Permission  of  lessee  for  prostitution 14d  00 

Permission   of   owner I"**  Ol 

Permission  of  owner  for  prostitution 142  51 

Permit  to  commence   building 121  4g 

Personal  service  of  summons  on  owner lo4  4y 

Plaintiff,  the  Department  of  Health 146  52 

Plans  filed  before  act  went  into  effect 4  4 

Plans   to   be  filed 121  4d 

Posting  of  a  copy  of  notice  or  order lo6  4o 

Premises,  general  reputation  of,  competent  evidence.  .  14o  Ol 
Premises,  possession  of,  when  no  action  may  be  main- 
tained      ;  •  •  123  4a 

Premises,  when  to  be  deemed  unfit  for  human  habita- 
tion      123  4o 

Presumption  that  use  of  premises  for  prostitution  was 

with  consent  may  be  rebutted  by  evidence 145  51 

Procedure     128  ^ 

Procedure  and    jurisdiction 14 <  ol 

Procedure  in  vagrancy  cases 141  50 

Profits  of  property,  receiver  of 150  53 

Property,  description  of,  to  be  filed 131  47 

Property,  sale    of 149  o3 

Public  hall,   meaning  of 2  3 

Punishment   for   violations 126  46 

Receiver,  lienor  may  apply  for  a 150  53 

Receiver's    commissions 150  o4 

Receivership     150  o3 

Registry  of    agent's    name 132  48 

Registry  of   owners'    names 131  47 

Regulations,     existing Ifi2  55 

Rent,  when  none  shall  be  recoverable 123  45 

Rents,    receiver   of 150          *       53 

Repeal    161  54 

Rules   of    evidence 145  51 

Sale    of    property 149  53 

Service   of  notices  and  orders 133  48 

Service    of    summons 134  49 

Shafts,    meaning   of 2  2 

"Shall,"    meaning   of 2  3 

Short    title    and    application 1  1 

Soliciting  by  prostitute  in  tenement  house 141  51 

Stair  hall,  meaning  of 2  3 

Statement   to   be   filed 121  43 

Statutes,   inconsistent,   repealed 161  54 

Street   court,   meaning  of 2  2 

Sub-ccntractor,    guilty    of    misdemeanor    for    violating 

laws,   ordinances  and  regulations 127  46 

Summons,   service  of 134  49 

Tenement  buildings  converted  or  altered 3  4 

Tenement  house,    fireproof,   meaning  of 2  3 

Tenement  house,    meaning    of 2  3 

Tenement  house  subject  to  penalty 142  50 

Tenement  house  the  defendant 146  51 

Tenements,    existing,    time    limit    in    which    to    make 

alterations   to 164  55 

Time  allowed   to  commence  excavation 4  4 


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Section.  Page. 

Time    for   compliance 1(54  55 

Time   limit  in   which   to  make  alterations   to   existing 

tenements    104  55 

Title  of  action  and  parties 14(5  51 

Title,  short,  and  application 1  1 

Unlawful    occupation 123  44 

Vacation    of    premises 128  46 

Vagrancy    141  50 

Vent   shaft,    meaning   of 2  2 

Violation  of  building  code 127  46 

Violations     125  45 

Violations  of  act,  procedure 128  46 

Violations,  penalties  for 126  45 

When  to   take  effect 165  55 

Width  of  buildings  on  corner  lots 5  4 

Words,    meaning   of   certain 2  3 

Yard   court,   meaning  of 2  2 

Yard,    meaning    of 2  2 


II. 

TENEMENT  HOUSES   HEREAFTER   ERECTED. 

Access   to   entrance   halls 20  11 

Access   to  rooms 75  29 

Air  space,  cubic  feet  of,  for  occupants 112  42 

Air-tight  space  around  pipes  passing  through  floors  or 

partitions     113  42 

Alcoves     71  27 

Angle   windows  of  courts 64  25 

Animals,  certain,   in  tenement  houses,   prohibited....  110  41 

Apartments,  access  to  rooms 75  29 

Apartments   requiring  water-closets 95  35 

Area  of  skylights  over  stairs 83  32 

Areas,  yards,  shafts  and  courts 93  35 

Artificial  light  for  water-closet  compartments 95  36 

Ashes,  garbage  and  refuse,  receptacles  for 109  41 

Bakeries  and  fat  boiling 41  19 

Balconies  for  fir^  escapes 12  ii 

Basements  and  cellars     91  34 

92  35 

101  39 

Bathroom    windows    <.>9  27 

Beams,   first  tier  of 21  12 

Bedrooms,    access    to 75  29 

Bins  for  wood  and  coal 26  13 

Brackets  for  fire-escape  balconies 12  8 

Buildings,  cleanliness  of 105  40 

Buildings  on  same  lot  with  tenement  house 6r»  2<» 

Bulkheads    IH  9 

Businesses,    other    dangerous. 42  19 

Ceiling  of  cellar  lathed  and  plastered 21  12 

Ceiling  of  cellar  to  be  plastered 101  39 

Ceilings  and  walls  of  cellars 102  39 

Ceilings,   height  for  basement 91  34 

Cellar  entrance    25  13 

ceiling  lathed   and    plastered 21  12 

"      ceiling  to  be  plastered 101  39 


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Section.        Page. 

Cellar  not  a  story  within  the  meaning  of  Section  11.  .  11  5 

"      or  lower  floors  damp-proofed 92  35 

stairs,    enclosure    of 24  33 

"       stairs  in   fireproof  buildings 24  13 

"       stairs    in    non-fireproof    buildings 23  12 

"       walls  and   ceilings 102  39 

Cellars   and   basements 91  34 

92  35 

101  39 

Chimneys   or   fireplaces 84  33 

Cleanliness    of    buildings 105  40 

Closet  under  first  story  stairs 25  13 

Coal  and  wood  bins 26  13 

Combustible   materials 40  18 

Concreting  of  shafts,  courts,  areas  and  yards 93  25 

Corner  lots,   percentage    occupied 51  20 

Corner  lots,   yards   of 55  21 

Court  and  shaft  walls 107  41 

Courts 57  22 

"      58  22 

"      59  23 

"      60  23 

"      61  23 

"      62  24 

"      (63  25 

Courts    and   shafts 106  40 

Courts,  shafts,  areas  and  yards 93  35 

Covering  of  rising  lines  in  plumbing 96  36 

Cubic  feet  of  air  space  to  occupants 112  42 

Damp-proofing  of  walls  below  ground 92  35 

Dangerous    businesses,    other 42  19 

Door,  fireproof,   self-closing,   at  bottom  of  shafts   and 

inner  courts 106  40 

Door  panels  of  water-closet  compartments 95  63 

Doors  and    windows    in    liquor    store   and    drug    store 

halls    42  19 

Doors  for   bulkheads 13  J) 

Doors  from   stair  halls 19  H 

Doors  to  cellar  stair  enclosure 24  13 

Drainage   for  rain   water 103  39 

Drainage  of  shafts,  courts,  areas  and  yards 93  35 

Drip   trays   prohibited 95  36 

Drop-ladders  for  fire-escape  balconies 12  8 

Drug  store  hall  windows  and  doors 42  19 

Ducts  or  intakes  for  vent  shafts 85  33 

Dumb-waiter  enclosures  in  stair  well  holes 37  18 

Elevator  enclosures  in  stair  well  holes 37  18 

Encumbrance  notice  plates  on  fire-escape  balconies..  .  12  8 

Encumbrances  on   fire-escapes 3,5  17 

Entrance    for   stairways 17  10 

Entrance  halls     20  11 

Entrance  to    cellar 25  13 

Exposed  plumbing  pipes 9G  36 

Fat  boiling  and   bakeries 41  19 

Fastenings   for   bulkhead   doors 13  9 

Fire-escapes    52  5 

'.'..'".'  35  17 

Fireplaces  or  chimneys 84  33 

Fireproof  buildings,   stairways   in 10  9 

"          bulkheads 13  9 

"          doors  from  stair  halls 19  i\ 

"          doors  to  cellar  stair  enclosure 24  13 


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Section.  Page. 

Fireproof  filling  between  iron  beams 21  12 

"          receptacles  for  fuel  in  cellar 2(>  13 

"  self-closing   door    at    bottom    of    shafts    and 

inner   courts 30(5  40 

"          tenements,    when    required 11  5 

tier  of  beams 21  12 

Fire   stops 27  14 

First  story  stairs,  closet  under 25  13 

First  tier  of  beams 21  12 

Fixtures    in    water-closets,    enclosure    with    woodwork 

prohibited     95  3(5 

Floor  of  lowest  story  to  be  water  tight 101  39' 

Floors  in  cellar  or  lower  story  to  be  damp-proofed.  ...  92  35 

"       in  living  rooms  in  basements  or  cellars 91  34 

"       of    fire-escape     balconies 12  (» 

of   stair   halls 18  10 

"       of  water-closet   compartments 95  30 

"       pipes  passing  through 113  42 

Fore  and  aft  stud  partitions ,• 22  12 

Frame  building  on  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house.  .  39  18 

Frame  tenement   houses 28  14 

Garbage,  ashes  and  refuse,  receptacles  for 109  41 

Glass  panels  in  doors  of  water-closet  compartments.  .  95  3f) 

Goose-neck  ladders  for  fire-escapes 12  0 

Hall,    separate 72  28 

access  to  entrance 20  11 

entrance 20  11 

public 72  28 

public,    and    stairs 14  9 

public,   lights  in 82  32 

public,  size  of  windows  for 73  28 

stair 18  10 

"     19  11 

stair,  size  of  windows  for 74  28 

stairs    in 18  10 

width   of   entrance 20  11 

Height 52  20 

for  courts 64  25 

for  non-fireproof   tenement  houses 11  5 

of    ceilings    for    living    rooms    in    basements    or 

cellars 91  34 

Housekeeper  or  janitor Ill  41 

Inclcsure   of  cellar  stairs 24  13 

Inclosure  walls  for  stair  halls 19  11 

Inner  and  outer  courts 64  25 

inner  courts 61  2,^ 

" 62  24 

"     63  25 

Intakes   for    inner   courts 63  25 

Intakes  or  ducts  for  vent  shafts 85  33 

Interior  lots,  yards  of 54  21 

Janitor  or  housekeeper Ill  41 

Length  of  outer  courts 60  3.3 

Lighting  and  ventilation  of  rooms 67  26 

Lighting    water-closet    apartments 95  36 

Lights  in  public  halls 82  32 

Limit  of  height  for  non-fireproof  tenement  houses.  ...  11  5 

Liquor  store  hall  windows  and  doors 42  19 

Living  rooms,   access   to 75  29 

Location   for  fire-escapes 12  ff 

Lodging  house  prohibited  in   tenement  house 110  41 


XIV 


Section.        Page. 

Lot,  corner,  percentage  occupied 51  20 

Lots,  corner,    yards    of 5''>  21 

Lots,   interior,  yards  of 54  21 

Measurement  for  height  of  courts 64  25 

Measurement  for  height  of  tenement  houses 51  20 

Non-fireproof  buildings,  stairways  in 15  9 

Notice  plates  on  fire-escape  balconies 12  8 

Nuisance  on  premises 105  40 

Other  dangerous  businesses 42  19 

Outer  and  inner  courts 64  25 

Outer   courts 58  22 

"     59  23 

"     60  23 

Overcrowding 112  42 

Owner  to  cleanse  tenement  house 105  40 

Painting   of   fire-escapes 12  8 

35  17 

Painting  of  walls  of  courts  and  shafts 107  41 

Painting  or  whitewashing  of  cellar  walls  and  ceilings.  102  39 

Panels  of  doors  of  water-closet  compartments 95  36 

Panels,     removable,      for     covering     rising     lines     in 

plumbing 96  36 

Paper    on    walls 108  41 

Partitions,  construction   of 22  12 

Partitions,  pipes    passing    through 113  42 

Percentage   of  lot  occupied . .  .  , 51  20 

Pipes,  exposed,  in  plumbing 96  36 

Pipes,    space    around 113  42 

Plaster  boards  on  ceilings 21  12 

Plastering    behind    wainscoting 38  18 

Plastering  of  cellar   ceiling 101  39 

Plumbing 96  36 

Privacy 75  29 

Prohibited   uses 110  41 

Prohibiting  drip   trays 95  36 

Prohibiting  roofing  over  of  vent  shafts 85  33 

Public    halls 72  28 

"       82  32 

"          "    and   stairs 14  9 

"          "    size   of  windows 73  28 

Pumps  for  water  supply 104  39 

Railings  for  fire-escape  balconies 12  7 

Rain  water  to  be  conveyed  away 103  39 

Rear    tenements 65  26 

Receptacles  for  ashes,  garbage  and  refuse 109  41 

Receptacles  for  fuel  or  storage  in  cellar 26  13 

Refuse,  ashes  and  garbage,  receptacles  for 109  41 

Removable  panels  for  covering  rising  lines  in  plumb- 
ing   9r>  36 

Risers  and   treads  of  stairways 17  10 

Roof  to  have  skylight  over  stairs 83  32 

Roofs    103  39 

Roofs,  goose-neck  ladders  from  fire-escape  balconies.  .  12  6 

Rooms,  lighting  and  ventilation  of 67  2() 

Rooms,  size  of 70  27 

Rooms,  windows  in 68  26 

Sanitary    provisions 91  24 

Self-closing    fireproof    door    at    bottom    of    shafts    and 

inner   courts 106  40 


XV 


Section.        Page. 

Separate  tenement  house  on  rear  of  lot fio  26 

Separate  hall   72  28 

Sewer  connections  for  shafts,  courts,  areas  and  yards.       1)3  35 

Shaft  and  court  walls 107  41 

Shafts 37  18 

Shafts  and  courts 1(K>  41 

Shafts,  courts,   areas  and  yards 93  35 

Shafts,  vent,  hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Sink  with  running  water 94  35 

Size  of  rooms 70  27 

Size  of  vent  shafts  hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Skylights 83  32 

Space   around   pipes 113  42 

Stable  prohibited  in  tenement  house 110  41 

Stair  halls 18  10 

"     19  11 

"        "    size   of  windows   for 74  28 

"        "     to  be  enclosed  with  brick  walls 19  11 

Stairs  and  public  halls 14  9 

"       cellar,  inclosure  of 24  13 

"       first  story,   closet  under 25  13 

"       for  fire-escapes 12  7 

in  halls 18  10 

"       to  cellar  in  fireproof  buildings 24  13 

"       to  cellar  in  non-fireproof  buildings 23  12 

Stairways 17  10 

30  17 

"           in  fireproof  buildings 10  9 

"           in  non-fireproof  buildings    15  9 

Storage  in  tenement  houses 40  18 

Storage  prohibited   in   tenement  houses 110  41 

Street,  width  of,  to  regulate  height  of  tenement  house.       52  20 

Stud  partitions,   fore  and  aft 22  12 

Supply  of  water  to  be  furnished 104  39 

Tanks   for  water  supp'.y 104  39 

Tenement  houses,  height  for  non-fireproof 11  5 

height  of 52  20 

"        of   wood 2S  14 

"              "        measurement  for  height  of 51  20 

"              "        storage    in 40  18 

Tenements,  when  required  to  be  fireproof 11  5 

Transoms  of  doors  of  water-closet  compartments 95  30 

Transoms  prohibited  in  stair  halls 19  11 

Treads  and  risers  of  stairways 17  10 

Vent  shafts  hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Ventilation   and   lighting  of  rooms 07  20 

Wainscoting,   plastering  behind 38  18 

Wall    paper 108  41 

Walls  and  ceilings  of  cellars 102  39 

Walls  below  ground  level  to  be  damp-proofed 92  3o 

Walls  of  courts   and   shafts 107  41 

Walls  surrounding     living     rooms     in     basements     or 

cellars 91  '^^ 

Wa'ls  to  project   between  beams 27  14 

Water-closet   accommodations 95  3o 

"            "       compartment  transoms 95  30 

"            "       compartment   window 95  30 

"            "       compartment  windows 09  27 

"            "       compartments,  access  to 75  29 

•'            "       compartments,    lighting   of 9.5  30 

■"           "       compartments,  waterproof  floors  in 95  30 


XVI 


Section.  Page^ 
Water-closet  fixtures,  enclosed    with    woodwork    pro- 
hibited    95  36 

"  "       separate,   for  living  rooms  in  basements 

or    cellars 91  34 

Waterproof  floors  of  water-closet  compartments 95  36 

Waterproofing  of  floors  in  cellar  or  lower  story 92  35 

Waterproofing  of  walls  below  ground 92  35 

Water  supply , 94  35 

"      104  39 

Water  tight  floors  of  lowest  story 101  39 

Whitewashing  of  walls  of  courts  and  shafts 107  41 

Whitewashing  or  painting  of  cellar  walls  and  ceilings.  102  39 

Width  of  entrance  halls 20  11 

"        of  inner  courts 01  24 

"       "        "        62  24 

"        of  outer  courts 57  22 

"        cf    outer    courts    between    wings    or    parts    of 

buildings 59  23 

Window  for  water-closet  compartment 95  30 

Windows  and   doors   in   drug  store  and   liquor  store 

halls 42  19 

"          for  public  halls,   size   of 73  28 

.    "          for  stair  halls,  size  of   74  28 

in  living  rooms  in  basements  or  cellars. 91  34 

in   public  halls 72  28 

in  rooms 68  26 

*'          in  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms  69  27 

of  stair  halls 18  11 

"          on  inner  courts 62  24 

on    outer    courts 60  23 

"           stair  halls,   windows  in 18  11 

Wire  glass  for  doors  in  stair  halls 19  11 

Wire  glass  in  stair  hall  win.dows 18  11 

Wood    and    coal    bins 26  18 

Wood   tenement  houses 28  14 

Wooden  buildings  on  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house.  39  18 
Woodwork    prohibited    for    enclosure    of    wa:er-closet 

fixtures 95  30 

Yard   spaces   of  lots  running  through   from   street   to 

street 56  21 

Yards 53  20 

"        areas,   shafts  and  courts 93  35 

"        of  corner  lots 55  21 

of   interior   lots 54  21 


III. 

NOW    EXISTING    TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

Additional  halls  and  rooms 78  30 

Air  space,  cubic  feet  of,  for  occupants 112  42 

Air  tight  space  around  pipes  passing  through  floors  or 

partitions 113  42 

Animals,  certain,  in  tenement  house  prohibited 110  41 

Area  in  front  of  basement  rooms 97  37 

Area  of  skylights  over  stairs 83  32 

Ashes,  garbage  and  refuse,  receptacles  for 109  41 

Attic  room  ceilings,  height  for 79  31 

Bakeries  and  fat  boiling 41  19 

Basements  and  cellars 97  36 

!  '.  101  39 

Buildings,  cleanliness  of 105  40 


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Section.        Page. 

:Bulkheads,  fireproof 32  16 

Bulkheads,   scuttles   and   ladders 32  16 

Businesses,  other  dangerous 42  19 

ilJelling,  height  of,  in  living  room  in  basement  or  cellar.  97  37 

Celling  of  cellar  to  be  plastered 101  39 

Ceilings  and  walls  of  cellars 102  39 

Ceilings,  minimum  height  of.  for  living  rooms 79  31 

•Cellar,  ceiling  to  be  plastered 101  39 

Cellar  walls   and  ceilings 1(J2  39 

(.Cellars   and    basements ;i7  36 

101  39 

Chimneys  or   fireplaces 84  33 

Cleanliness   of   buildings 10.")  40 

Combustible  materials    4(^  18 

Corner.lot,  percentage  of,  occupied 70  29 

Corner  lot,   yards 77  29 

Court  and  shaft  walls 1ii7  41 

•Cubic  feet  of  air  space  to  occupants 112  42 

Cubical  dimensions  required  in  rooms  for  living  pur- 
poses      79  30 

Danger  by  fire  to  tenements 34  16 

Dangerous    businesses,    other -±2  19 

Department   of   Health   permit   to   occupy   living  room 

in  basement  or  cellar 97  36 

Door  panels  in  public  halls 80  31 

Doors    and    windows    in   liquor    store    and    drug    store 

halls     42  19 

Drainage  for  rain  water 103  39 

Drug  store  hall  windows  and  doors 42  19 

Ducts  for  light  and  vent  shafts 81  31 

Ducts  or  intakes  for  vent  shafts 85  33 

Dumbwaiter  enclosures  in  stair  well  holes 37  18 

Elevator  enclosures  in  stair  well  holes 37  18 

Encumbrances  on  fire  escapes   35  IT 

Entrance  halls,  stair  halls  and  public  halls 33  16 

•Enclosing  woodwork  of   front  of   water-closets    to   be 

removed 98  37 

Enclosing  woodwork  of  public  sinks  to  be  removed.  ..99  38 

Fat  boiling  and  bakeries 41  19 

Fire  escapes    29  15 

30  15 

31  15 

35  17 

Fire  escapes  not  deemed  part  of  lot  occupied 7(>  29 

Fire   damage   to  tenants 34  1(> 

Fire  places  or  chimneys 84  33 

Fireproof  bulkheads   32  16 

Fireproof,    self-closing  door  at   bottom   of   shafts  and 

inner  courts    106  40 

Floor  beneath  and  around  water-closets  to  be  painted 

white    98  37 

"Floors  and   wall   surfaces   beneath  and   around   public 

sinks  to  be  painted  white 99  38 

Floor  of  lowest  story  to  be  water  tight 101  39 

Floors,  pipes  passing  through 113  42 

Floors,   waterproof,    for   living  rooms   in   basement   or 

cellar    97  37 

Frame  building  on  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house. .  .  39  18 

•Garbage,  a^hes  and  refuse,  receptacles  for 109  41 


XVlll 

Section.  Page. 

Halls  and  rooms,  additional ^8  30 

Halls,  public,  lighting  of 80  31 

Halls,   public,   lights  in ^-  32 

Height  for  rooms '  Y  oi 

Horizontal  intakes  for  light  and  vent  shafts 81  32 

Housekeeper  or  janitor Ill  41 

Intakes  for  light  and  vent  shafts 81  32 

Intakes   or  ducts  for  vent  shafts 85  33 

Interior  lot,  percentage  of.  occupied 7(5  29 

Interior  lot  yards 77  2U 

Janitor  or  housekeeper Ill  41 

Ladders,  scuttles  and  bulkheads 32  16 

Light  and  vent  shafts  in  existing  buildings 81  31 

Lighting  and  ventilation  of  rooms 70  30 

Lighting  of  public  halls 80  31 

Lights  in  public  halls 82  32 

Liquor  store  hall  windows  and  doors 42  19 

Lodging  house  prohibited  in  tenement  house 110  41 

Lot,  percentage  of,  occupied 76  29 

Measurements,   where   to    be   taken    for   percentage   of 

lot    occupied    76  29 

Measurements,  where  to  be  taken  for  yards 77  30 

Nuisance  on   premises 105  40 

Open   space   in   front   of   living   rooms   in   basement   or  _ 

cellar    07  37 

Other  dangerous  businesses 42  19 

Overcrowding    112  42 

Owner  to  cleanse  premises 105  40 

Painting  and  whitewashing  of  cellar  walls  and  ceilings.  102  39 

"        of  fire  escapes 35  17 

"        of  walls  of  courts  and  shafts 107  41 

white    the    floor   beneath    and   around    water- 
closets 98  37 

white   the    floors   and    wall    surfaces    beneath 

and   around  public   sinks 99  3S 

Panels  of  doors  in  public  halls 80  31 

Paper    on    walls 108  41 

Partitions,  pipes  passing  through 113  42 

Percentage   of    lot   occupied 76  29 

Permit  from   Department   of  Health   to    occupy   living 

room  in  basement  or  cellar 97  36 

Pipes,    space    around 113  42 

Plastering  behind  wainscoting 38  18 

Plastering   of   cellar   ceiling 101  39 

Plumbing    100  38 

Privy  vaults  and  school  sinks 100  38 

Prohibited  uses 110  41 

Prohibiting  certain  rooms   being  used   for   living  pur- 
poses      79  30 

Prohibiting  roofing  over  vent  shafts 85  33 

Public  halls 82  32 

"    lighting  of 80  31 

"          "     stair  halls  and  entrance  halls 33  16 

Public   sinks    99  38 

Pumps  for  water  supply 104  39 

Rainwater  to  be  conveyed  away 103  39 

Receptacles   for  ashes 109  41 

Refuse,  ashes  and  garbage,  receptacles  for 109  41 


XIX 


Section.  Page. 

J^cofs    103  S.) 

Roof  to  have  skylight  over  stairs 83  32 

Rooms   and    halls,    additional 78  30 

cubical  contents 7J>  30 

lighting  and   ventilation   of TD  30 

height  for 79  3Q 

Sash  windows  in  public  halls 80  31 

School  sinks  and  privy  vaults lOO  38 

Scuttles,  bulkheads  and  ladders 32  K; 

Sinks,    enclosing  woodwork   removed 0J>  38 

public jm  38 

school,    and    privy    vaults 100  3Ji 

Shaft  and  court  walls    107  41 

Shafts     37  18 

Shafts  and  courts 10(j  40 

Shafts,  vent,   hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Size  of  vent  shafts  hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Skylights    83  32 

Space   around   pipes 113  42 

Stable  prohibited  in  tenement  house 110  41 

Stair  halls,  public  halls  and  entrance  halls 33  1(5 

Stairs  damaged  by  fire 34  16 

Stairways 3«>  17 

Storage  in  tenement  houses 40  18 

Storage  prohibited  in   tenement   house 110  41 

Tanks  for  water  supply 104  39 

Tenement  houses,   storage  in 40  18 

Tenements  damaged  by  fire 34  16 

Vaults,  privy  and  school  sinks 100  38 

Vent  shafts    81  31 

Vent  shafts  hereafter  constructed 85  33 

Ventilation  and  lighting  of  rooms 79  30 

Wainscoting,  plastering  behind 38  18 

Wall    paper 108  41 

Walls  and  ceilings  of  cellars 102  39 

Walls  of  courts  and  shafts 107  41 

Water-closet  for  living  rooms  in  basement  or  cellar.  .       97  36 

Water-closets     98  37 

"  "        the    floor    beneath    and    around     to    be 

painted   white 98  37 

"          "        to  replace  privy  vaults  and  school  sinks.  100  38 

"           "        woodwork   removed 98  37 

Waterproof    floors    for    living    rooms    in    basement    or 

cellar    07  36 

W^ater  tight  floors  of  lowest  story 101  39 

Water  supply 104  39 

Whitewashing  or  painting  of  cellar  walls  and  ceilings.  102  39 
Windows    and    doors    in    drug    store    and    liquor    store 

halls 42  19 

"        at  end  of  public  halls 80  31 

"        for  living  rooms  in  basement  or  cellar !)7  36 

"        in  rooms  for  living  purposes 79  30 

"        sash,   in  public   halls SO  31 

Wooden  buildings  on  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house.  39  18 

Woodwork  enclosing  public  sinks  to  be  removed 99  38 

Woodwork  of  front  of  water-closets  to  be  removed.  ...  98  37 

Yards 77  29 


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OF 

THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK. 
CHAP.  334,  LAWS  OF  1901. 

An  Act 

In  relation  to  tenement  houses  in  cities  of  the  first  class. 

(i.  e.,  the  Cities  of  New  York  and  Buffalo.) 

BECAME  A  LAW  APRIL  12,  1901. 

AS    AMENDED    BY 

CHAPTER  555,  LAWS  OF  1901. 

An  Act  to  amend  Chapter  334  of  the  Laws  of  1901, 
entitled  "An  Act  in  relation  to  tenement  houses  in  cities 
of  the  first  class,"  in  relation  to  the  construction  of 
buildings. 

BECAME  A  LAW  APRIL  25,  1901. 

CHAPTER   I. 
DEFINITIONS. 

Section  1. 

SHORT  TITLE  AND  APPIilCATION. 

This  act  may  be  cited  as  the  Tenement  House  Act,  and 
its  provisions  shall  apply  to  cities  of  the  first  class. 

Section  2. 

DEFINITIONS. 

Certain  words  used  in  this  act  are  defined  for  the  pur- 
poses thereof  as  follows : 

MEANING    OF    A    TENEMENT    HOUSE. 

(i)  A  tenement  house  is  any  house  or  building,  or  por- 
tion thereof,  which  is  rented,  leased,  let  or  hired  out,  to 


be  occupied,  or  is  occupied  as  the  home  or  residence  of 
three  families  or  more  living  independently  of  each  other, 
and  doing  their  cooking  upon  the  premises,  or  by  more 
than  two  families  upon  any  floor,  so  living  and  cooking, 
but  having  a  common  right  in  the  halls,  stairways,  yards, 
water-closets  or  privies,  or  some  of  them. 

[NOTE. — This  is  the  same  definition  that  the  several 
Charter  laws  of  New  York  have  contained  for  very  many 
previous  years  and  before  there  was  an  "Apartment 
House"  erected  in  New  York.  The  legal  definition  of  a 
tenement  house  therefore  continues  to  include  all  apart- 
ment houses.] 

MEANING    OF    A    YARD. 

(2)  A  yard  is  an  open  unoccupied  space  on  the  same  lot 
with  a  tenement  house,  between  the  extreme  rear  line  of 
the  house  and  the  rear  line  of  the  lot. 

MEANING   OP   A   COURT. 

(3)  A  court  is  an  open  unoccupied  space,  other  than  a 
yard,  on  the  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house. 

Inner  Court. — A  court  not  extending  to  the  street  or 
yard  is  an  inner  court. 

Outer  Court. — A  court  extending  to  the  street  or  yard 
is  an  outer  court. 

Street  Court. — If  it  extends  to  the  street  it  is  a  street 
court. 

Yard  Court. — If  it  extends  to  the  yard  it  is  a  yard  court. 

MEANING   OF   A   SHAFT. 

(4)  A  shaft  includes  exterior  and  interior  shafts, 
whether  for  air,  light,  elevator,  dumbwaiter,  or  any  other 
purpose. 

Vent  Shaft. — A  vent  shaft  is  one  used  solely  to  venti- 
late or  light  a  water  closet  compartment  or  bathroom. 

MEANING   OP  A  PUBLIC   HALL. 

(5)  A  public  hall  is  a  hall,  corridor  or  passageway  not 
within  an  apartment. 


MEANING    OP    A    STAIR    HALL. 

(6)  A  stair  hall  includes  the  stairs,  stair  landings  and 
those  portions  of  the  public  halls  through  which  it  is 
necessary  to  pass  in  going  between  the  entrance  floor 
and  the  roof. 

MEANING     OF    A     BASEMENT. 

(7)  A  basement  is  a  story  partly  but  not  more  than 
one-half  below  the  level  of  the  curb. 

MEANING  OF  A  CELLAR. 

(8)  A  cellar  is  a  story  more  than  one-half  below  the 
level  of  the  curb. 

MEANING    OF    A   FIREPROOF   TENEMENT    HOUSE. 

(9)  A  fireproof  tenement  house  is  one  the  walls  of 
which  are  constructed  of  brick,  stone,  iron  or  other  hard 
incombustible  material,  and  in  which  there  are  no  wood 
beams  or  Hntels,  and  in  which  the  floors,  roofs,  stair  halls 
and  pubHc  halls  are  built  entirely  of  brick,  stone,  iron  or 
other  hard  incombustible  material,  and  in  which  no 
woodwork  or  other  inflammable  material  is  used  in  any 
of  the  partitions,  furrings  or  ceiHngs. 

But  this  definition  shall  not  be  construed  as  prohibit- 
ing, elsewhere  than  in  the  stair  halls  or  entrance  halls, 
the  use  of  wooden  flooring  on  top  of  the  fireproof  floors 
or  the  use  of  wooden  sleepers,  nor  as  prohibiting  wooden 
handrails  and  hard-wood  treads,  such  as  described  in  sec- 
tion eighteen  of  this  act. 

MEANING  OF  CERTAIN  WORDS. 

(10)  The  word  shall  is  always  mandatory,  and  not 
directory,  and  denotes  that  the  house  shall  be  maintained 
in  all  respects  according  to  the  mandate,  as  long  as  it 
continues  to  be  a  tenement  house. 

(11)  Wherever  the  words,  charter,  ordinances,  regula- 
tions, department  of  buildings,  department  of  health,  de- 
partment of  water  supply,  fire  department,  corporation 
counsel,  city  treasury  or  fire  limits  occur  in  this  act  they 
shall  be  construed  as  if  followed  by  the  words  "of  the 
city  in  which  the  tenement  house  is  situated." 


Section  3. 

BUILDINGS   CONVERTED   OR  ALTERED. 

A  building  not  erected  for  use  as  a  tenement  house,  if 
hereafter  converted  or  altered  to  such  use,  shall  there- 
upon become  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  this  act 
affecting  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected. 

Section  4. 

(As  amended  by  §  1,  Chap.  555,  Laws  of  1901.) 
BUILDINGS    IN    PROCESS    OP    ERECTION. 

A  tenement  house  not  now  completed,  but  the  excava- 
tion for  which  shall  have  been  commenced  in  good  faith 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  nineteen  hundred  and 
one,  after  approval  of  the  plans  therefor  by  the  depart- 
ment of  buildings,  and  the  first  tier  of  beams  of  which 
shall  have  been  set  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August, 
nineteen  hundred  and  one,  shall  be  subject  only  to  the 
provisions  of  this  act  affecting  now  existing  tenement 
houses ;  provided  that  the  plans  for  said  house  were  filed 
in  said  department  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  April, 
nineteen  hundred  and  one,  and  were  in  accordance  with 
the  laws  in  force  at  the  time  of  fiHng,  and  that  the  build- 
ing is  built  in  accordance  with  such  laws. 

Section  5. 

CORNER  LOTS. 

When  a  lot  is  situated  at  a  corner  of  two  streets,  if  it 
has  more  frontage  upon  one  street  than  the  other,  the 
lesser  frontage  shall  be  deemed  the  width  and  the  greater 
frontage  the  depth  of  the  lot  within  the  meaning  of  this 
act; 

And  when  the  width  is  greater  than  twenty-five  feet, 
the  excess  over  said  twenty-five  feet  shall  not  be  deemed 
part  of  a  corner  lot,  but  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  this  act  in  relation  to  lots  other  than  corner  lots. 


CHAPTER  II. 

PROTECTION    FROM   FIRE. 

TITLE   I. 

PROVISIONS   APPLICABLE    ONLY    TO    TENE- 
MENT HOUSES  HEREAFTER  ERECTED. 

Section  11. 

FIREPROOF    TENEMENTS,    WHEN    REaVIRED. 

Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  exceeding 
fifty-seven  feet,  or  exceeding  five  stories  or  parts  of 
stories,  in  height  above  the  curb  level,  shall  be  a  fireproof 
tenement  house. 

Nor  shall  any  tenement  house  be  altered  so  as  to  ex- 
ceed such  height  without  being  made  a  fireproof  tene- 
ment house; 

Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  building 
of  a  height  not  exceeding  sixty-seven  feet,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding six  stories  or  parts  of  stories  in  height  above 
the  curb  level,  if  such  building  shall  have  a  frontage  ex- 
ceeding forty  feet. 

A  cellar  is  not  a  story  within  the  meaning  of  this  sec- 
tion. 

Section  12. 

FIRE  ESCAPES. 

Every  non-fireproof  tenement  house  hereafter  erected, 
unless  provided  with  fireproof  outside  stairways  directly 
accessible  to  each  apartment,  shall  have  fire  escapes  lo- 
cated and  constructed  as  in  this  section  required. 

Except  that  tenement  houses  that  are  less  than  four 
stories  in  height  and  which  also  do  not  contain  accommo- 
dations for  more  than  four  families  in  all,  may  be  equipped 
with  such  other  iron,  steel,  or  wire  cable  fire  escapes  as 
may  be  approved  by  the  department  of  buildings,  such 


escapes  must  be  capable  of  sustaining  two  thousand 
pounds,  and  be  of  sufficient  length  to  reach  from  the  top 
floor  to  the  ground,  and  with  rungs  not  more  than  twelve 
inches  apart  and  not  less  than  fifteen  inches  in  length. 

(i)  The  fire  escapes  shall  be  located  both  on  the  front 
and  rear  of  the  building  at  each  story  above  the  ground 
floor, 

And  where  there  is  an  apartment  not  containing  any 
room  fronting  on  either  the  street  or  yard,  an  additional 
fire  escape  shall  be  provided  for  such  apartment. 

Where,  however,  there  are  not  more  than  four  rooms 
in  a  line  comprising  part  of  one  apartment,  and  the 
apartment  extends  from  the  street  to  the  yard,  the  rear 
fire  escape  may  be  omitted. 

Fire  escapes  may  project  into  the  public  highway  to  a 
distance  not  greater  than  four  feet  beyond  the  building 
line. 

(2)  The  fire  escapes  shall  consist  of  outside  open  iron 
balconies  and  stairways. 

The  stairways  shall  be  placed  at  an  angle  of  not  more 
than  sixty  degrees,  with  steps  not  less  than  six  inches  in 
width  and  twenty  inches  in  length,  and  with  a  rise  of  not 
more  than  nine  inches. 

The  balcony  on  the  top  floor,  except  in  case  of  a  front 
fire  escape,  shall  be  provided  with  a  goose-neck  ladder 
leading  from  said  balcony  to  and  above  the  roof. 

(3)  Balconies. — The  balconies  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  feet  in  width,  taking  in  at  least  one  window  of  each 
apartment  at  each  story  above  the  ground  floor. 

They  shall  be  below  and  not  more  than  one  foot  below 
the  window  sills  and  extend  in  front  of  and  not  less  than 
nine  inches  beyond  each  window. 

There  shall  be  a  landing  not  less  than  twenty-four 
inches  square  at  the  head  and  foot  of  each  stairway. 

The  stairway  opening  on  each  platform  shall  be  of  a 
size  sufficient  to  provide  clear  headway. 

(4)  Floors  of  balconies. — The  floors  of  balconies  shall 
be  of  wrought  iron  or  steel  slats  not  less  than  one  and  a 
half  inches  by  three-eighths  of  an  inch,  placed  not  more 


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than  one  and  one-quarter  inches  apart,  and  well  secured 
ana  riveted  to  iron  battens  one  and  a  half  inches  by 
three-eighths  of  an  inch,  not  over  three  feet  apart  and 
riveted  at  the  intersection.  The  openings  for  stairways 
in  all  buildings  (balconies  ?)  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty- 
one  inches  wide  and  thirty-six  inches  long,  and  such 
openings  shall  have  no  covers  of  any  kind. 

The  platforms  or  balconies  shall  be  constructed  and 
erected  to  safely  sustain  in  all  their  parts  a  safe  load  at  a 
ratio  of  four  to  one,  of  not  less  than  eighty  pounds  per 
square  foot  of  surface. 

(5)  Railings. — The  outside  top  rail  shall  extend  around 
the  entire  length  of  the  platform  and  in  all  cases  shall  go 
through  the  wall  at  each  end,  and  be  properly  secured  by 
nuts  and  four-inch  square  washers  at  least  three-eighths 
of  an  inch  thick,  and  no  top  rail  shall  be  connected  at 
angles  by  cast  iron.  The  top  rail  of  balconies  shall  be  one 
and  three-quarter  inches  by  one-half  inch  of  wrought 
iron,  or  one  and  a  half  inch  angle  iron  one-quarter  inch 
thick.  The  bottom  rails  shall  be  one  and  one-half  inches 
by  three-eighths  of  an  inch  wrought  iron,  or  one  and  a 
half  inch  angle  iron,  one-quarter  inch  thick,  well  leaded 
into  the  wall.  The  standards  or  filHng-in  bars  shall  not 
be  less  than  one-half  inch  round  or  square  wrought  iron, 
well  riveted  to  the  top  and  bottom  rails  and  platform 
frame.  Such  standards  or  filHng-in  bars  shall  be  securely 
braced  by  outside  brackets  at  suitable  intervals,  and  shall 
be  placed  not  more  than  six  inches  from  centres ;  the 
height  of  raiHngs  shall  in  no  case  be  less  than  two  feet 
nine  inches. 

(6)  Stairways. — The  stairways  shall  be  constructed  and 
erected  to  fully  sustain  in  all  their  parts  a  safe  load  at  a 
ratio  of  four  to  one  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  pounds 
per  step,  with  the  exception  of  the  tread  which  must 
safely  sustain  at  said  ratio  a  load  of  two  hundred  pounds. 
The  treads  shall  be  fiat  open  treads  not  less  than  six 
inches  wide  and  with  a  rise  of  not  more  than  nine  inches. 
The  stairs  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty  inches  wide.  The 
strings  shall  be  not  less  than  three-inch  channels  of  iron 


or  steel,  or  other  shape  equally  strong,  and  shall  rest  upon 
and  be  fastened  to  a  bracket,  which  shall  be  fastened 
through  the  wall  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  strings 
shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the  balcony  at  the  top,  and 
the  steps  in  all  cases  shall  be  double-riveted  or  bolted  to 
the  strings.  The  stairs  shall  have  three-quarter  inch 
handrails  of  wrought  iron,  well  braced. 

(7)  Brackets. — The  brackets  shall  not  be  less  than  one- 
half  inch  by  one  and  three-quarter  inches  wrought  iron 
placed  edge-wise,  or  one  and  three-quarter  inch  angle 
iron,  one-quarter  inch  thick,  well  braced ;  they  shall  not 
be  more  than  four  feet  apart,  and  shall  be  braced  by 
means  of  not  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  square 
wrought  iron,  and  shall  extend  two-thirds  of  the  width 
of  the  respective  balconies  or  brackets.  The  brackets 
shall  go  through  the  wall  and  be  turned  down  three 
inches,  or  be  properly  secured  by  nuts  and  four-inch 
square  washers  at  least  three-eighths  of  an  inch  thick. 

On  new  buildings  the  brackets  shall  be  set  as  the  walls 
are  being  built. 

When  brackets  are  put  on  tenement  houses  already 
erected  the  part  going  through  the  wall  shall  not  be  less 
than  one  inch  in  diameter  with  screw  nuts  and  washers 
not  less  than  five  inches  square  and  one-half  an  inch  thick. 

(8)  Drop-ladders. — A  proper  drop-ladder  shall  be  re- 
quired from  the  lower  balcony  when  the  floor  of  such 
balcony  is  more  than' fourteen  feet  above  the  sidewalk  or 
ground. 

(9)  Painting. — All  the  parts  of  such  fire  escapes  shall 
receive  not  less  than  two  coats  of  paint,  one  in  the  shop 
and  one  after  erection. 

Notice  plates  on  fire  escape  balconies. — All  fire  escape 
balconies  shall  contain  a  plate  firmly  fastened  to  the 
standards  or  filling-in  bars  near  the  top  railing  in  front 
of  each  window,  such  plate  to  contain  in  plain,  large, 
prominent,  raised  letters,  each  letter  to  be  not  less  than 
one-half  an  inch  in  length,  the  following  words:  "Any 
one  placing  any  encumbrance  on  this  balcony  will  be 
fined  ten  dollars." 


Section  13. 

BULKHE^ADS. 

Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  have  in 
the  roof  a  fireproof  bulkhead  with  a  fireproof  door  to  the 
same, 

And  shall  have  fireproof  stairs  with  a  guide  or  hand- 
rail leading  to  the  roof,  and  such  stairs  shall  be  kept  free 
from  encumbrance  at  all  times. 

No  bulkhead  door  shall  at  any  time  be  locked  with  a 
key,  but  it  may  be  fastened  on  the  inside  by  movable 
bolts  or  hooks. 

Section  14. 

STAIRS   AND   PUBLIC   HALLS. 

Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  have  at 
least  one  flight  of  stairs  extending  from  the  entrance 
floor  to  the  roof, 

And  the  stairs  and  public  halls  therein  shall  each  be  at 
least  three  feet  wide  in  the  clear. 

Section  15. 

STAIRWAYS    IN    NON-FIREPROOF    BUILDINGS. 

Every  non-fireproof  tenement  house  hereafter  erected 
containing  over  eighty  rooms  shall  also  have  an  addi- 
tional flight  of  stairs  for  every  additional  eighty  rooms  or 
fraction  thereof; 

If  said  house  contains  not  more  than  one  hundred  and 
twenty  rooms,  in  Heu  of  an  additional  stairway,  the  stairs 
and  public  halls  throughout  the  entire  building  may  each 
be  at  least  one-half  wider  than  is  specified  in  sections 
fourteen  and  twenty  of  this  act. 

Section  16. 

STAIRIVAYS    IN    FIREPROOF     BUILDINGS. 

Every  fireproof  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  con- 
taining over  one  hundred  and  twenty  rooms  shall  also 
have  an  additional  flight  of  stairs  for  every  additional 
one  hundred  and  twenty  rooms  or  fraction  thereof; 


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But  if  said  house  contains  not  more  than  one  hundred 
and  eighty  rooms,  in  Heu  of  an  additional  stairway  the 
stairs  and  public  halls  throughout  the  entire  building  may 
each  be  at  least  one-half  wider  than  is  specified  in  sec- 
tions fourteen  and  twenty  of  this  act ; 

And  a  power  passenger  elevator,  enclosed  in  a  separ- 
ate shaft  from  the  stairs,  and  distant  not  less  than  thirty- 
five  feet  from  the  main  flight  of  stairs,  shall  be  deemed 
the  equivalent  of  an  additional  flight. 

Section  17. 

STAIRIVAYS,  CONTINUED. 

Each  flight  of  stairs  mentioned  in  the  last  three  sec- 
tions shall  have  an  entrance  on  the  entrance  floor  from 
the  street  or  street  court,  or  from  an  inner  court  which 
connects  directly  with  the  street. 

All  stairs  shall  be  constructed  with  a  rise  of  not  more 
than  seven  and  one  half  inches  and  with  treads  not  less 
than  ten  inches  wide  and  not  less  than  three  feet  long  in 
the  clear. 

Where  winders  are  used,  all  treads  at  a  point  eighteen 
inches  from  the  strings  on  the  well  side  shall  be  at  least 
ten  inches  wide. 

Section  18. 

STAIR  HALLS. 

The  stair  halls  in  all  non-fireproof  as  well  as  fireproof 
tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  shall  be  constructed 
of  fireproof  material  throughout,  except  as  in  this  section 
specified. 

The  risers,  strings  and  banisters  shall  be  of  metal  or 
stone.  The  treads  shall  be  of  metal,  slate  or  stone,  or  of 
hard  wood  not  less  than  two  inches  thick. 

Wooden  handrails  to  stairs  will  be  permitted  if  con- 
structed of  hard  wood. 

The  floors  of  all  stair  halls  shall  be  constructed  of  iron 
or  steel  beams  and  fireproof  filling  and  no  wooden  floor- 
ing or  sleepers  shall  be  permitted. 


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All  windows  on  stair  halls  opening  on  courts  shall  be 
of  good  quality  wire-glass  in  frames  of  fireproof  material. 

Section  19. 

STAIR  HALLS,  CONTINUED. 

In  every  non-fireproof  tenement  house  hereafter  erect- 
ed all  stair  halls  shall  be  enclosed  on  all  sides  with  brick 
walls. 

The  doors  opening  from  stair  halls  shall  be  fireproof 
and  self-closing,  and  if  provided  with  glass  such  glass 
shall  be  good  quality  wire  glass. 

There  shall  be  no  transom  or  movable  sash  opening 
from  a  stair  hall  to  any  other  part  of  the  house. 

Except  on  the  entrance  floor,  each  stair  hall  shall  be 
shut  off  from  all  non-fireproof  portions  of  the  public 
halls  and  from  all  other  non-fireproof  parts  of  the  build- 
ing, on  each  story,  by  self-closing  fireproof  doors,  and  if 
glass  is  used  in  such  doors  it  shall  be  of  good  quality 
wire  glass. 

Section  20. 

ENTRANCE   HALLS. 

Every  entrance  hall  in  a  tenement  house  hereafter 
erected  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  six  inches  wide  in  the 
clear,  from  the  entrance  up  to  and  including  the  stair 
enclosure,  and  beyond  this  point  at  least  three  feet  wide 
in  the  clear. 

It  shall  be  enclosed  with  brick  walls,  and  shall  comply 
with  all  the  conditions  of  the  preceding  sections  of  this 
act  as  to  the  construction  of  stair  halls. 

If  such  entrance  hall  is  the  only  entrance  to  more  than 
one  flight  of  stairs,  said  hall  shall  be  increased  one  foot 
in  width  in  every  part  for  each  such  additional  flight  of 
stairs. 

In  every  such  house,  access  shall  be  had  from  the 
street  to  the  yard,  either  in  a  direct  line  or  through  a 
court. 


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Section  21. 

FIRST  TIER   OF   BEAMS. 

In  all  non-fireproof  as  well  as  fireproof  tenement  houses 
hereafter  erected  five  stories  or  more  in  height,  exclusive 
of  the  cellar,  the  first  floor  above  the  cellar,  or,  if  there  be 
no  cellar,  above  the  lowest  story,  shall  be  constructed 
fireproof  with  iron  or  steel  beams  and  fireproof  flooring; 

And  the  bottom  flanges  and  all  exposed  portions  of 
such  iron  or  steel  beams  below  the  abutments  of  the  floor 
arches  or  fllHng  shall  be  entirely  encased  with  hard-burnt 
clay  or  porous  terra  cotta  or  with  metal  lath  properly  se- 
cured and  plastered  on  the  under  side. 

In  all  non-fireproof  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected 
less  than  five  stories  in  height,  where  the  first  floor  above 
the  cellar,  or,  if  there  be  no  cellar,  above  the  lowest  story, 
is  not  constructed  fireproof  with  iron  or  steel  beams  and 
fireproof  flooring,  the  cellar  ceihng  of  said  tenement 
house  shall  be  lathed  with  wire  or  metal  lath  and  plas- 
tered thereon  with  two  coats  of  brown  mortar  of  good 
materials, 

Or  shall  be  covered  with  plaster  boards  not  less  than 
one-half  inch  in  thickness,  made  of  plaster  and  strong 
fibre  and  all  joints  made  true  and  well-pointed. 

Section  22. 

PARTITIONS,   CONSTRUCTION    OF. 

In  all  non-fireproof  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected, 
fore  and  aft  stud  partitions  which  rest  directly  over  each 
other  shall  run  through  the  wooden  floor  beams  and  rest 
upon  the  plate  of  the  partition  below,  and  shall  have  the 
studding  filled  in  solid  between  the  uprights  to  the  depth 
of  the  floor  beams  with  suitable  incombustible  materials. 

In  all  fireproof  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected,  all 
partitions  shall  rest  directly  upon  the  fireproof  floor  con- 
struction, and  extend  to  the  fireproof  beam  filling  above. 

Section  23. 

CELLAR    STAIRS    IN    NON-FIREPROOF    BUILDINGS. 

In   non-fireproof  tenement   houses   hereafter   erected 


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there  shall  be  no  inside  stairs  communicating  between 
the  cellar  or  other  lowest  story  and  the  floor  next  above, 
But  such  stairs  shall  in  every  case  be  located  outside 
the  building,  and  if  enclosed  shall  be  constructed  entirely 
fireproof  and  be  enclosed  in  a  fireproof  enclosure  with 
fireproof  self-closing  doors  at  all  openings. 

Section  24. 

CELLAR  STAIRS  IN  FIREPROOF  BTJILDINGS. 

In  every  fireproof  tenement  house  hereafter  erected 
the  stairs  communicating  between  the  cellar  and  other 
lowest  story  and  the  floor  next  above,  if  not  located  un- 
derneath the  stairs  leading  to  the  upper  stories,  may  be 
placed  inside  of  the  said  building; 

Provided,  that  the  portion  of  the  cellar  or  other  lowest 
story  into  which  said  stairs  lead  is  entirely  shut  ofif  by 
fireproof  walls  from  those  portions  thereof  which  are 
used  for  the  storage  of  fuel,  or  in  which  heating  appli- 
ances, boilers  or  machinery  are  located. 

All  openings  in  such  walls  shall  be  provided  with  self- 
closing  fireproof  doors. 

Section  25. 

CliOSET  UNDER  FIRST  STORY  STAIRS. 

In  non-fireproof  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  no 
closet  of  any  kind  shall  be  constructed  under  any  stair- 
case leading  from  the  first  story,  exclusive  of  the  cellar, 
to  the  upper  stories,  but  such  space  shall  be  left  entirely 
open  and  kept  clear  and  free  from  encumbrance. 

Section  26. 

CELLAR  ENTRANCE. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there  shall 
be  an  entrance  to  the  cellar  or  other  lowest  story  from 
the  outside  of  the  said  building. 

BINS   FOR   WOOD   AND    COAL. 

In  such  tenement  houses,  unless  the  entire  ceiling  and 


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floor  above  the  cellar  or  other  lowest  story  is  constructed 
fireproof,  all  receptacles  for  fuel  or  storage  in  the  cellar 
or  other  lowest  story  shall  be  constructed  entirely  of  fire- 
proof materials. 

Section  27. 

FIRE2   STOPS. 

In  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected,  in  all  walls  all 
the  courses  of  brick  from  the  under  side  of  the  floor 
beams  to  the  top  of  the  same  shall  project  a  distance  of 
at  least  two  inches  beyond  the  inside  face  of  the  wall  so 
as  to  provide  an  effective  fire  stop; 

And  wherever  floor  beams  run  parallel  to  a  wall  such 
beams  shall  always  be  kept  at  least  two  and  one-half 
inches  away  from  the  inside  line  of  the  wall,  and  the 
space  between  the  beams  and  the  wall  shall  be  built  up 
solidly  with  brickwork  from  the  under  side  of  the  floor 
beams  to  the  top  of  the  same  so  as  to  form  an  effective 
fire  stop. 

Section  28. 

WOODEN   TENEMENT   HOUSES. 

Within  the  fire  limits  no  wooden  tenement  house  shall 
hereafter  be  erected,  and  no  wooden  building  not  now 
used  as  a  tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be  altered  or 
converted  to  such  use. 

Outside  the  fire  limits,  wooden  tenement  houses  not 
exceeding  two  stories  in  height,  exclusive  of  the  cellar, 
may  be  erected,  but  shall  not  provide  accommodations 
for,  or  be  occupied  by,  more  than  four  families  in  all,  or 
more  than  two  families  on  any  floor;  and  such  houses 
need  not  comply  with  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
act  in  reference  to  protection  from  fire  nor  with  the  pro- 
visions of  sections  twenty-nine,  thirty,  thirty-one,  thirty- 
two,  thirty-six,  thirty-seven  and  thirty-eight  of  this  act. 


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TITLE  11. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  ONLY  TO  NOW  EX- 
ISTING TENEMENT  HOUSES. 

Section  29. 

FIRE    ESCAPES. 

Every  now  existing  non-fireproof  tenement  house,  un- 
less provided  with  fireproof  outside  stairways  directly 
accessible  to  each  apartment,  shall  have  fire  escapes  lo- 
cated and  constructed  as  described  in  section  twelve  of 
this  act. 

But  a  fire  escape  now  erected  upon  such  house  shall 
be  deemed  sufficient  except  as  provided  in  the  next  two 
sections. 

Section  30. 

FIRE  ESCAPES,  CONTINUED. 

In  every  now  existing  non-fireproof  tenement  house 
there  shall  be  a  separate  fire  escape  directly  accessible 
to  each  apartment,  exclusive  of  fire  escapes  in  air  shafts 
and  courts; 

And  a  party-wall  fire  escape  balcony  on  the  rear  of  the 
building  connecting  with  the  window  of  an  adjoining 
building  shall  be  deemed  a  sufficient  fire  escape  only 
when  the  two  buildings  are  completely  separated  by  an 
unpierced  fire  wall  throughout  their  entire  height  and 
length. 

All  wooden  floor  slats  and  floors  in  fire  escape  bal- 
conies shall  be  replaced  by  proper  iron  slats  or  floors. 

No  wooden  balcony  or  wooden  outside  stairs  shall  be 
deemed  part  of  a  lawful  fire  escape. 

Section  31. 

FIRE  ESCAPES,  CONTINUED. 

Whenever  a  now  existing  non-fireproof  tenement  house 
is  not  provided  with  sufficient  means  of  egress  in  case  of 
fire  the  department  of  buildings  may  order  such  addi- 


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tional  fire  escapes  or  other  means  of  egress  as  in  its 
judgment  may  be  necessary. 

Section  32. 

SCUTTL.ES,   BULKHEADS    AND   LADDERS. 

Every  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  have  in  the 
roof  a  bulkhead  or  scuttle  constructed  as  in  this  section 
required. 

No  scuttle  shall  be  less  in  size  than  two  feet  by  three 
feet,  and  all  scuttles  shall  be  covered  on  the  outside  with 
metal — 

And  shall  be  provided  with  stationary  iron  ladders  or 
stairs  leading  thereto  and  easily  accessible  to  all  tenants 
of  the  building  and  kept  free  from  encumbrance, 

And  all  scuttles  and  ladders  shall  be  kept  so  as  to  be 
ready  for  use  at  all  times. 

Every  bulkhead  hereafter  constructed  in  a  tenement 
house  shall  be  fireproof  with  a  fireproof  door  to  the 
same — 

And  shall  have  fireproof  stairs  with  a  guide  or  handrail 
leading  to  the  roof,  and  such  stairs  shall  be  kept  free  from 
encumbrance  at  all  times. 

No  scuttle  and  no  bulkhead  door  shall  at  any  time  be 
locked  with  a  key,  but  either  may  be  fastened  on  the 
inside  by  movable  bolts  or  hooks. 

Section  33. 

STAIR   HALLiS,   PUBLIC  HALLS   AND   ENTRANCE   HALLS. 

If  any  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  be  so  altered 
as  to  increase  the  number  of  rooms  therein  by  twenty 
per  centum  or  more,  or  if  such  building  is  increased  in 
height,  the  entire  stair  halls,  entrance  halls  and  other 
public  halls  of  the  whole  building  shall  be  made  to  con- 
form to  the  requirements  of  sections  fourteen  to  twenty, 
inclusive,  of  this  act. 

Section  34. 

TENEMENTS   DAMAGED    BY  FIRE. 

If  any  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be 


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damaged  by  fire  or  otherwise  to  an  amount  greater  than 
one-half  of  the  value  thereof,  exclusive  of  the  value  of 
the  foundation,  such  building  shall  not  be  repaired  or 
rebuilt  except  in  conformity  with  the  foregoing  provi- 
sions of  this  act  for  the  construction  of  tenement  houses 
hereafter  erected.  , 

If  the  stairs  in  any  now  existing  tenement  house  shall 
be  damaged  by  fire  or  otherwise,  to  an  amount  greater 
than  one-half  of  the  value  thereof,  the  entire  stairs  in  the 
said  tenement  house  shall  be  reconstructed  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act  for  stairs  in  tenement 
houses  hereafter  erected. 


TITLE  III. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  ALL  TENEMENT 

HOUSES   HEREAFTER  ERECTED 

OR  NOW  EXISTING. 

Section  35. 

FIRE  ESCAPE3S. 

All  fire  escapes  hereafter  constructed  upon  tenement 
houses  shall  be  located  and  constructed  as  described  in 
section  twelve  of  this  act. 

The  owner  of  every  tenement  house  shall  keep  all  the 
fire  escapes  thereon  in  good  order  and  repair,  and  when- 
ever rusty  shall  have  them  properly  painted  with  two 
coats  of  paint. 

No  person  shall  at  any  time  place  any  encumbrance  of 
any  kind  before  or  upon  any  such  fire  escape. 

Section  36. 

STAIRWAYS. 

In  every  tenement  house  all  stairways  shall  be  provided 
with  proper  banisters  and  railings  and  kept  in  good  re- 
pair. 


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Section  37, 

SHAFTS. 

All  shafts  hereafter  constructed  in  tenement  houses 
shall  be  constructed  fireproof  throughout,  with  fireproof 
self-closing  doors  at  all  openings,  at  each  story,  except 
window  openings  in  vent  shafts ; 

And,  if  they  extend  to  the  cellar,  shall  also  be  enclosed 
in  the  cellar  with  fireproof  walls  and  fireproof  self-closing 
doors  at  all  openings. 

In  no  case  shall  any  shaft  be  constructed  of  materials 
in  which  any  inflammable  material  or  substance  enters 
into  any  of  the  component  parts. 

But  nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  require  such  enclosures  about  elevators  or 
dumb-waiters  in  the  well-hole  of  stairs  where  the  stairs 
themselves  are  enclosed  in  brick  or  stone  walls,  and  are 
entirely  constructed  of  fireproof  materials  as  hereinbefore 
provided. 

Section  38. 

PLASTERING  BEHIND  WAINSCOTING. 

When  wainscoting  is  hereafter  placed  in  any  tenement 
house,  or  any  building  in  process  of  alteration  into  a 
tenement  house,  the  surface  of  the  wall  or  partition  be- 
hind such  wainscoting  shall  be  plastered  down  to  the 
floor  line,  and  any  intervening  space  between  said  plaster- 
ing and  said  wainscot  shall  be  filled  in  solid  with  incom- 
bustible material. 

Section  39. 

■WOODEN    BUILDINGS     ON    SARIE     LOT    W^ITH    A    TENEMENT 

HOUSE. 

No  wooden  building  of  any  kind  whatsoever  shall 
hereafter  be  placed  or  built  upon  the  same  lot  with  a 
tenement  house  within  the  fire  limits. 

Section  40. 

COMBUSTIBLE    MATERIALS. 

No  tenement  house,  nor  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  used 


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as  a  place  of  storage  for  any  combustible  article  except 
under  such  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  fire 
department,  under  authority  of  a  written  permit  issued 
by  said  department. 

No  tenement  house,  nor  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  used 
as  a  place  of  storage  for  any  article  dangerous  to  life  or 
health,  nor  for  the  storage  of  feed,  hay,  straw,  excelsior 
or  cotton,  nor  for  the  storage  or  handUng  of  rags. 

Section  41. 

bak:erie:s  and  fat  boiling. 

No  bakery  and  no  place  of  business  in  which  fat  is 
boiled  shall  be  maintained  in  any  tenement  house  which 
is  not  fireproof  throughout,  unless  the  ceiling  and  side- 
walls  of  said  bakery  or  of  the  said  place  where  fat  boiling 
is  done  are  made  safe  by  fireproof  materials  around  the 
same. 

And  there  shall  be  no  openings  either  by  door  or  win- 
dow, dumb-waiter  shafts  or  otherwise,  between  said 
bakery  or  said  place  where  fat  is  boiled  in  any  tenement 
house  and  the  other  parts  of  the  said  building. 

Section  42. 

OTHER   DANGEROUS   BUSINESSES. 

All  transoms  and  windows  opening  into  halls  from  any 
portion  of  a  tenement  house  where  paint,  oil,  spirituous 
liquors  or  drugs  are  stored  for  the  purpose  of  sale  or 
otherwise,  shall  be  glazed  with  wire-glass  or  they  shall 
be  removed  and  closed  up  as  solidly  as  the  rest  of  the 
wall; 

And  all  doors  leading  into  any  such  hall  from  such 
portion  of  said  house  shall  be  made  fireproof. 


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CHAPTER  III. 

LIGHT  AND  VENTILATION. 

TITLE  I. 

PROVISIONS    APPLICABLE    ONLY    TO    TENE^ 
MENT  HOUSES  HEREAFTER  ERECTED. 

Section  51. 

PERCENTAGE   OF   LOT  OCCUPIED. 

No  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  occupy- 
more  than  ninety  per  centum  of  a  corner  lot, 

Or  more  than  seventy  per  centum  of  any  other  lot, 

The  measurements  in  all  cases  to  be  taken  at  the 
ground  level; 

Provided,  that  the  space  occupied  by  fire  escapes  of  the 
size  hereinbefore  prescribed  shall  not  be  deemed  a  part 
of  the  lot  occupied. 

Section  52. 

HEIGHT. 

The  height  of  no  tenement  house  hereafter  erected 
shall  by  more  than  one-third  exceed  the  width  of  the 
widest  street  upon  which  it  stands. 

Such  height  shall  be  the  perpendicular  distance  meas- 
ured in  a  straight  line  from  the  curb  level  to  the  highest 
point  of  the  building  exclusive  of  cornices  and  bulk- 
heads, provided  such  bulkheads  are  not  more  than  eight 
feet  high  and  do  not  exceed  in  area  ten  per  centum  of 
the  area  of  the  roof; 

The  measurements  in  all  cases  shall  be  taken  through 
the  center  of  the  facade  of  the  house. 

Section  53. 

YARDS. 

Behind  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there 


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shall  be  a  yard  extending  across  the  entire  width  of  the 
lot  and  at  every  point  open  from  the  ground  to  the  sky 
unobstructed,  except  that  fire  escapes  or  unenclosed  out- 
side stairs  may  project  not  over  three  feet  from  the  rear 
line  of  the  house. 

The  depth  of  said  yard,  measured  from  the  extreme 
rear  wall  of  the  house  to  the  rear  line  of  the  lot,  shall  be 
as  set  forth  in  the  two  following  sections. 

Section  54. 

YARDS    OP   INTERIOR    LOTS. 

Except  upon  a  corner  lot  the  depth  of  the  yard  behind 
every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  sixty  feet  in 
height  shall  be  not  less  than  twelve  feet  in  every  part. 

Said  yard  shall  be  increased  in  depth  one  foot  for 
every  additional  twelve  feet  of  height  of  the  building, 
or  fraction  thereof; 

And  may  be  decreased  in  depth  one  foot  for  every 
twelve  feet  of  height  of  the  building  less  than  sixty  feet ; 

But  it  shall  never  be  less  than  ten  feet  in  depth  in  any 
part. 

Section  55. 

YARDS    OP   CORNER   LOTS. 

The  depth  of  the  yard  behind  every  tenement  house 
hereafter  erected  upon  a  corner  lot  shall  be  not  less  than 
ten  feet  in  every  part. 

Section  56. 

YARD  SPACES  OP  LOTS  RUNNING  THROUGH  PROM   STREET 

TO    STREET. 

Wherever  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  is  upon 
a  lot  which  runs  through  from  one  street  to  another 
street,  and  said  lot  is  not  less  than  seventy  feet  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  feet  in  depth,  there  shall  be  a  yard 
space  through  the  center  of  the  lot  midway  between 
the  two  streets,  which  space  shall  extend  across  the  .full 
width  of  the  lot  and  shall  never  be  less  than  twelve  feet 
in  depth  from  wall  to  wall  ; 


^^     OF  THE     ^''^ 

UNIVERSITY 


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But  where  the  ground  floor  of  such  building  is  used  or 
intended  to  be  used  as  a  store,  such  yard  space  may 
start  at  the  second  tier  of  beams. 

Where  such  lot  is  over  one  hundred  feet  in  depth  such 

yard  space  shall  conform  to  the  provisions  of  section  six- 

'ty-two  of  this  act  for  inner  courts,   and   shall  be  left 

through  the  center  of  the  lot  midway  between  the  two 

streets. 

Section  57. 

COURTS. 

No  court  of  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall 
be  covered  by  a  roof  or  skylight,  but  every  such  court 
shall  be  at  every  point  open  from  the  ground  to  the  sky 
unobstructed, 

And  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  following 
sections ; 

Provided,  that  an  apartment  not  containing  any  room 
fronting  upon  the  street  or  yard  may  have  a  fire  escape 
in  a  court,  projecting  not  more  than  three  feet  from  the 
wall  of  the  house. 

Section  58. 

OUTER    COURTS. 

Where  one  side  of  an  outer  court  is  situated  on  the  lot 
line,  the  width  of  the  said  court,  measured  from  the  lot 
line  to  the  opposite  wall  of  the  building,  for  tenement 
houses  sixty  feet  in  height  shall  not  be  less  than  six  feet 
in  any  part ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  increase  or  fraction  there- 
of in  height  of  the  said  building,  such  width  shall  be  in- 
creased six  inches  throughout  the  entire  height  of  said 
court ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  decrease  in  the  height  of 
the  said  building  below  sixty  feet,  such  width  may  be  de- 
creased six  inches, 

But  no  such  court  shall  be  less  than  four  feet  six 
inches  wide  in  any  part. 


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Section  59. 

OUTE3R   COURTS,   CONTINUED. 

Where  an  outer  court  is  situated  between  wings  or 
parts  of  the  same  building,  or  between  different  buildings 
on  the  same  lot,  the  width  of  the  said  court,  measured 
from  wall  to  wall,  for  tenement  houses  sixty  feet  in  height 
shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  feet  in  any  part ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  increase  or  fraction  there- 
of in  the  height  of  the  said  building,  such  width  shall  be 
increased  one  foot  throughout  the  entire  height  of  the 
said  court ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  decrease  in  the  height  of 
the  said  building  below  sixty  feet,  such  width  of  the  said 
court  may  be  decreased  one  foot. 

But  no  such  court  shall  ever  be  less  than  nine  feet  in 
width  in  any  part. 

Section  60. 

OUTER  COURTS,  CONTINUED. 

Wherever  an  outer  court  changes  its  initial  horizontal 
direction,  or  wherever  any  part  of  such  court  extends  in 
la  direction  so  as  not  to  receive  direct  light  from  the 
street  or  yard,  the  length  of  such  portion  of  said  court 
shall  never  exceed  the  width  of  said  portion ; 

Such  length  to  be  measured  from  the  point  at  which 
the  change  of  direction  commences. 

Wherever  an  outer  court  is  less  in  depth  than  the 
minimum  width  prescribed  by  this  section,  then  its  width 
may  be  equal  to,  but  not  less  than  its  depth,  provided 
that  such  width  is  never  less  than  four  feet  in  the  clear. 

This  exception  shall  also  apply  to  each  offset  or  recess 
in  outer  courts. 

And  no  window  except  windows  of  water  closet  com- 
partments, bathrooms  or  halls  shall  open  upon  any  offset 
or  recess  less  than  six  feet  in  its  least  dimension. 

Section  61. 

INNER    COURTS. 

Where  one  side  of  an  inner  court  is  situated  on  the  lot 


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line,  the  width  of  the  said  court  measured  from  the  lot 
line  to  the  opposite  wall  of  the  building,  for  tenement 
houses  sixty  feet  in  height  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
feet  in  any  part,  and  its  other  horizontal  dimension  shall 
not  be  less  than  twenty-four  feet  in  any  part ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  increase  or  fraction  there- 
of in  the  height  of  the  said  building,  such  width  shall  be 
increased  six  inches  throughout  the  entire  height  of  said 
court. 

And  the  other  horizontal  dimension  shall  be  increased 
one  foot  throughout  the  entire  height  of  said  court ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  decrease  in  the  height  of 
the  said  building  below  sixty  feet,  such  width  may  be  de- 
creased six  inches  and  the  other  horizontal  dimension 
may  be  decreased  one  foot. 

But  no  such  court  shall  be  less  than  ten  and  a  half  feet 
in  width  in  any  part,  nor  less  than  twenty-one  feet  in  its 
other  horizontal  dimension. 

Section  62. 

INNER  COURTS,  CONTINUED. 

Where  an  inner  court  is  not  situated  upon  the  lot  line, 
but  is  enclosed  on  all  four  sides,  the  least  horizontal 
dimension  of  the  said  court  for  tenement  houses  sixty 
feet  in  height,  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty-four  feet ; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  increase  or  fraction 
thereof  in  the  height  of  the  said  building,  the  said  court 
shall  be  increased  one  foot  in  each  horizontal  dimension, 
throughout  the  entire  height  of  said  court; 

And  for  every  twelve  feet  of  decrease  in  the  height 
of  the  said  building  below  sixty  feet,  the  horizontal  di- 
mensions of  the  said  court  may  be  decreased  one  foot  in 
each  direction, 

But  no  such  court  shall  ever  be  less  than  twenty-one 
feet  in  its  least  horizontal  dimension. 

Offsets  or  recesses  in  inner  courts  will  be  permitted, 
but  where  the  depth  of  such  offset  or  recess  is  less  than 
the  minimum  width  prescribed,  then  the  width  of  said 


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offset  or  recess  may  be  equal  to  but  not  less  than  its 
depth,  provided  that  such  width  is  never  less  than  four 
feet  in  the  clear. 

And  no  window  except  windows  of  water  closet  com- 
partments, bath  rooms  or  halls  shall  open  upon  any  off- 
set or  recess  less  than  six  feet  in  its  least  dimension. 

Section  63. 

INNER  COURTS,  CONTINUED. 

Every  inner  court  shall  be  provided  with  one  or  more 
horizontal  intakes  or  ducts  at  the  bottom.  Said  intakes 
or  ducts  shall  be  not  less  in  total  area  than  four  per 
centum  of  the  area  of  said  inner  court. 

Each  such  intake  or  duct  shall  be  at  least  five  square 
feet  in  area,  and  shall  always  communicate  directly  with 
the  street  or  yard. 

Wherever  the  said  intakes  or  ducts  consist  of  a  pas- 
sageway or  passageways,  such  passageway  shall  be  left 
open,  or  if  not  open  there  shall  always  be  provided  in 
said  passageway  or  passageways  open  grilles  or  transoms 
of  a  size  not  less  than  five  square  feet  each,  and  such 
open  grilles  or  transoms  shall  never  be  covered  over  by 
glass  or  in  any  other  way. 

There  shall  be  at  least  two  such  grilles  or  transoms 
in  each  such  passageway,  one  at  the  inner  court  and  the 
other  at  the  street  or  yard,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Section  64. 

OUTER   AND   INNER  COURTS. 

Nothing  contained  in  the  foregoing  sections  concern- 
ing outer  and  inner  courts  shall  be  construed  as  prevent- 
ing windows  at  the  angles  of  said  courts,  provided  that 
the  running  length  of  the  wall  containing  such  windows 
does  not  exceed  six  feet. 

In  construing  said  sections  the  height  of  the  building 
is  to  be  measured  from  the  curb  level  to  the  top  of  the 
highest  wall  enclosing  or  forming  such  court. 


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Section  65. 

REAR    TENEMENTS. 

No  separate  tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be  erected 
upon  the  rear  of  a  lot  fifty  feet  or  less  in  width  where 
there  is  a  tenement  house  on  the  front  of  the  said  lot, 

Nor  upon  the  front  of  any  such  lot  upon  the  rear  of 
which  there  is  such  a  tenement  house. 

Section  66, 

BUILDINGS    ON    SAME    LOT    WITH    TENEMENT    HOUSES. 

If  any  building  is  hereafter  placed  on  the  same  lot 
with  a  tenement  house  the  space  between  the  said  build- 
ings shall  always  be  of  such  size  and  arranged  in  such 
manner  as  is  prescribed  in  section  sixty-two  of  this  act 
for  inner  courts ; 

And  no  building  of  any  kind  shall  be  hereafter  placed 
upon  the  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house  so  as  to  de- 
crease the  minimum  size  of  courts  or  yards  as  hereinbe- 
fore  prescribed. 

And  if  any  tenement  house  is  hereafter  erected  upon 
any  lot  upon  which  there  is  already  another  building,  it 
shall  comply  with  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  in 
addition  the  space  between  the  said  building  and  the  said 
tenement  house  shall  be  of  such  size  and  arranged  in 
such  manner  as  is  prescribed  in  section  sixty-two  of  this 
act  for  inner  courts,  the  height  of  the  highest  building  on 
the  lot  to  regulate  the  dimensions. 

Section  67. 

ROOMS,    LIGHTING    AND    VENTILATION    OP. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  every 
room,  except  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms, 
shall  have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly  upon  the 
street  or  upon  a  yard  or  court. 

Section  68. 

WINDOWS   IN    ROOMS. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  the  total 


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window  area  in  each  room,  except  water-closet  compart- 
ments and  bathrooms,  shall  be  at  least  one-tenth  of  the 
superficial  area  of  the  room. 

And  the  top  at  least  of  one  window  shall  not  be  less 
than  seven  feet  six  inches  above  the  floor,  and  the  upper 
half  of  it  shall  be  made  so  as  to  open  the  full  width. 

No  such  window  shall  be  less  than  twelve  square  feet 
in  area  between  the  stop  beads. 

Section  69. 

WINDOWS       IN        WATER-CLOSET        COMPARTMENTS        AND 

BATHROOMS. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  the  total 
window  area  in  a  water-closet  compartment  or  bathroom 
shall  not  be  less  than  three  square  feet  in  area  for  each, 

And  no  such  window  shall  be  less  than  one  foot  in 
width,  measured  between  stop  beads. 

Section  70. 

ROOMS,    SIZE    OP. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  all  rooms, 
except  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms,  shall 
be  of  the  following  minimum   sizes : 

In  each  apartment  there  shall  be  at  least  one  room 
containing  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  square 
feet  of  floor  area, 

And  each  other  room  shall  contain  at  least  seventy 
square  feet  of  floor  area. 

Each  room  shall  be  in  every  part  not  less  than  nine 
feet  high  from  the  finished  floor  to  the  finished  ceiling; 

Provided  that  an  attic  room  need  be  nine  feet  high 
in  but  one-half  its  area. 

Section  71. 

ALCOVES. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  where  any 
room  adjoins  another  room,  and  has  eighty  per  centum 
or  more  of  one  entire  side  open  to  the  other  room,  and 


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there  is  no  door  between,  it  shall  be  considered  as  part 
of  the  said  room. 

Under  other  circumstances  every  alcove  shall  be 
deemed  a  separate  room  for  all  purposes  within  the  mean- 
ing of  this  act. 

Section  72. 

PUBLIC   HAL.L.S. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  every  public 
hall  shall  have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly  upon 
the  street  or  upon  a  yard  or  court. 

Either  such  window  shall  be  at  the  end  of  said  hall,, 
with  the  plane  of  the  window  at  right  angles  to  the  axis 
of  said  hall  or  there  shall  be  at  least  one  window  opening 
directly  upon  the  street  or  upon  a  yard  or  court  for  every 
twenty  feet  in  length  or  fraction  thereof  of  said  hall. 

In  such  halls  recesses  or  returns  the  length  of  which 
does  not  exceed  twice  the  width  of  the  hall  will  be  per- 
mitted without  an  additional  window. 

But  wherever  the  length  of  such  recess  or  return  ex- 
ceeds twice  the  width  of  the  hall  the  above  provisions 
in  reference  to  one  window  for  every  twenty  feet  of  hall- 
way shall  be  applied.  Any  part  of  a  hall  which  is  shut 
off  from  any  other  part  of  said  hall  by  a  door  or  doors 
shall  be  deemed  a  separate  hall  within  the  meaning  of  this- 
section. 

Section  73. 

WINDOWS    FOR    PUBLIC    HALLS,    SIZE    OF. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  one  at  least 
of  the  windows  provided  to  Hght  each  public  hall  or  part 
thereof  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  six  inches  wide  and  five- 
feet  high,  measured  between  stop  beads. 

Section  74. 

W^INDOTVS   FOR    STAIR    HALLS,    SIZE    OF. 

.   In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  the  aggre- 


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gate  area  of  windows  to  light  or  ventilate  stair  halls  shall 
be  at  least  twenty-one  square  feet  for  each  floor. 

There  shall  be  provided  for  each  story  at  least  one  of 
said  windows,  which  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  wide  and 
five  feet  high,  measured  between  the  stop  beads. 

Section  75. 

(As  amended  by  §  2,  Chap.  555,  Laws  of  1901.) 
PRIVACY. 

In  every  apartment  of  three  or  more  rooms  in  a  tene- 
ment house  hereafter  erected,  access  to  every  living  room 
and  bedroom  and  to  at  least  one  water  closet  compart- 
ment shall  be  had  without  passing  through  any  bedroom. 

TITLE  II. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  ONLY  TO  NOW 
EXISTING  TENEMENT  HOUSES. 

Section  76. 

PERCENTAGE   OP  LOT   OCCUPIED. 

No  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be  en- 
larged, or  its  lot  be  diminished,  so  that  the  house  occupy 
more  than  ninety  per  centum  of  a  corner  lot. 

Or  more  than  seventy  per  centum  of  any  other  lot, 

The  measurements  in  all  cases  to  be  taken  at  the 
ground  level  ; 

Provided  that  the  space  occupied  by  fire  escapes  of  the 
size  hereinbefore  prescribed,  shall  not  be  deemed  a  part 
of  the  lot  occupied. 

Section  77. 

YARDS. 

No  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  hereafter  be  en- 
larged or  its  lot  be  diminished,  so  that  the  yard  shall  be 
less  than  five  feet  in  depth  when  the  building  is  on  a 
corner  lot. 

Or  less  than  twelve  feet  in  depth  in  other  cases, 


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The  measurements  in  all  cases  to  be  taken  from  the 
extreme  rear  wall  of  the  building  to  the  rear  lot  line,  and 
across  the  full  width  of  the  lot, 

And  such  yard  shall  be  at  every  point  open  from  the 
ground  to  the  sky,  except  as  provided  in  section  fifty- 
three  of  this  act. 

Section  78. 

ADDITIOIVAL.    ROOMS    AND    HALLS. 

Any  additional  room  or  hall  that  is  hereafter  con- 
structed or  created  in  a  now  existing  tenement  house 
shall  comply  in  all  respects  with  the  provisions  of  the 
foregoing  sections  of  this  chapter  as  to  the  size,  arrange- 
ment, light  and  ventilation  of  rooms  and  halls  in  tene- 
ment houses  hereafter  erected. 

Section  79. 

ROOMS,   LIGHTING   AND  VENTILATION   OF,   CONTINLKD. 

No  room  in  i  now  existing  tenement  house  shall  here- 
after be  occupied  for  living  purposes  unless  it  shall  have 
a  window  upon  the  street, 

Or  upon  a  yard  not  less  than  five  feet  deep. 

Or  upon  a  court  or  shaft  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
square  feet  in  area,  open  to  the  sky  without  roof  or  sky- 
light, 

Or  unless  such  room  has  a  sash  window  opening  into 
an  adjoining  room  in  the  same  apartment  which  itself 
has  a  window  opening  on  the  street,  or  on  a  yard  not  less 
than  five  feet  deep. 

Said  sash  window  having  at  least  fifteen  square  feet 
of  glazed  surface,  being  at  least  three  feet  high  and  five 
feet  wide  between  stop  beads,  and  at  least  one-half 
thereof  being  made  to  open  readily. 

Furthermore,  no  room  in  a  now  existing  tenement 
house  which  does  not  have  a  window  opening  directly 
upon  the  street  or  upon  a  yard  not  less  than  five  feet 
deep  or  upon  a  court  or  shaft  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  square  feet  in  area  open  to  the  sky  without  roof  or 


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skylight  shall  hereafter  be  occupied  for  living  purposes 
unless  such  room  contains  at  least  sixty  square  feet  of 
floor  area,  and  also  at  least  six  hundred  cubic  feet  of 
air  space ;  and  no  such  room  shall  be  so  occupied  unless 
there  is  six  hundred  cubic  feet  of  air  to  each  individual 
occupying  the  same. 

No  such  room  shall  be  so  occupied  unless  it  be  in  every 
part  not  less  than  eight  feet  high  from  the  finished  floor 
to  the  finished  ceiHng; 

Provided,  that  an  attic  room  need  be  eight  feet  high 
in  but  half  its  area.  y^^^^^pTTE'-r^r^ 

^        OF  THE      ^K 

Section  80.  R  University 

PUBLIC    HALLS,    LIGHTING    OP.        ^'^^UfORNyibs 

In  every  now  existing  tenement  house  four  stories  or 
over  in  height,  whenever  a  public  hall  on  any  floor  is 
not  light  enough  in  the  daytime  to  permit  a  person  to 
read  in  every  part  thereof  without  the  aid  of  artificial 
light,  the  wooden  panels  in  the  doors  located  at  the  ends 
of  the  public  halls  and  opening  into  rooms  shall  be  re- 
moved, and  ground  glass  or  wire  glass  panels  of  an  ag- 
gregate area  of  not  less  than  four  square  feet  for  each 
door  shall  be  substituted ; 

Or  in  lieu  of  removing  the  panels  in  the  doors  a  fixed 
sash  window  of  wire  glass  of  an  area  of  not  less  than 
five  square  feet  may  be  cut  into  the  partitions  separating 
the  said  hall  from  a  room  which  opens  directly  upon  the 
street  or  upon  a  yard,  court,  or  shaft  of  the  dimensions 
specified  in  the  last  section ; 

Or  said  public  hall  may  be  lighted  by  a  window  or  win- 
dows at  the  end  thereof  with  the  plane  of  the  window  at 
right  angles  to  the  axis  of  the  said  hall,  said  window 
opening  upon  the  street  or  upon  a  yard,  court,  or  shaft 
of  said  dimensions. 

Section  81. 

LIGHT   AND   VENT    SHAFTS    IN   EXISTING   BUILDINGS. 

Any  shaft  used  or  intended  to  be  used  to  light  or  ven- 


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tilate  rooms  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  living  pur- 
poses, and  which  may  be  hereafter  placed  in  a  now  exist- 
ing tenement  house,  shall  not  be  less  in  area  than  twenty- 
five  square  feet,  nor  less  than  four  feet  in  width  in  any 

part. 

And  such  shaft  shall  under  no  circumstances  be  roofed 
or  covered  over  at  the  top  with  a  roof  or  skylight ; 

But  if  such  shaft  is  provided  at  the  bottom  with  a  hor- 
izontal intake  or  duct,  of  a  size  not  less  than  two  square 
ieet,  and  communicating  directly  with  the  street  or  yard, 
-such  shaft  may  be  of  a  size  not  less  than  three  feet  by  five 
feet,  provided  that  not  more  than  two  rooms  on  any 
floor  open  thereon,  and  that  if  it  be  used  to  light  or  ven- 
tilate any  living  room  no  water  closet  open  upon  it. 

TITLE  III. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  ALL  TENEMENT 

HOUSES  HEREAFTER  ERECTED 

OR  NOW  EXISTING. 

Section  82. 

PUBLIC   HAL.LS. 

In  every  tenement  house  a  proper  light  shall  be  kept 
burning  by  the  owner  in  the  public  hallways,  near  the 
stairs,  upon  the  entrance  floor,  and  upon  the  second 
floor,  above  the  entrance  floor  of  said  house,  every  night 
from  sunset  to  sunrise  throughout  the  year. 

And  upon  all  other  floors  of  the  said  house  from  sun- 
set until  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening. 

Section  S3. 

SKYLIGHTS. 

In  every  tenement  house  there  shall  be  in  the  roof, 
directly  over  each  stair  well,  a  ventilating  skylight  with 
both  ridge  ventilators  and  fixed  louvres,  the  glazed  sur- 
face thereof  to  be  not  less  than  twenty-five  square  feet 
in  area. 


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Section  84. 

CHIMNEYS    OR   FIREPLACES. 

In  every  tenement  house  there  shall  be  adequate  chim- 
neys running  through  every  floor  with  an  open  fireplace 
or  grate,  or  place  for  a  stove,  properly  connected  with 
one  of  said  chimneys  for  every  apartment. 

Section  85. 

VENT    SHAFTS. 

Every  vent  shaft  hereafter  constructed  in  a  tenement 
house  shall  be  at  least  twenty  square  feet  in  area,  and 
the  least  dimension  of  such  shaft  shall  not  be  less  than 
four  feet; 

And  if  the  building  be  above  sixty  feet  in  height  such 
shaft  shall  throughout  its  entire  height  be  increased  in 
area  three  square  feet  for  each  additional  twelve  feet 
of  height  or  fraction  thereof ; 

And  for  each  twelve  feet  of  height  less  than  sixty  feet 
such  shaft  may  be  decreased  in  area  three  square  feet. 

A  vent  shaft  may  be  enclosed  on  all  four  sides  but  shall 
not  be  roofed  or  covered  over  in  any  way. 

Every  such  shaft  shall  be  provided  with  a  horizontal 
intake  or  duct  at  the  bottom,  communicating  with  the 
street  or  yard  or  with  a  court ;  such  duct  or  intake  to  be 
not  less  than  one  and  one-half  square  feet  in  total  area. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 

SANITARY  PROVISIONS. 

TITLE  I. 

PROVISIONS    APPLICABLE    ONLY    TO    TENE- 
MENT HOUSES  HEREAFTER  ERECTED. 

Section  91. 

BASEMENTS  AND  CEIiliARS. 

In  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  no  room  in  the 
cellar  shall  be  constructed,  altered,  converted  or  occu- 
pied for  living  purposes. 

And  no  room  in  the  basement  shall  be  constructed, 
altered,  converted  or  occupied  for  living  purposes,  unless 
all  of  the  following  conditions  are  complied  with: 

1.  Such  room  shall  be  at  least  nine  feet  high  in  every 
part  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling. 

2.  The  ceiling  of  such  room  shall  be  at  least  four  feet 
and  six  inches  above  the  surface  of  the  street  or  ground 
outside  of  or  adjoining  the  same. 

3.  There  shall  be  appurtenant  to  such  room  the  use  of 
a  separate  water-closet,  constructed  and  arranged  as  re- 
quired by  section  ninety-five  of  this  act. 

4.  Such  room  shall  have  a  window  or  windows  opening 
upon  the  street,  or  upon  a  yard  or  court.  The  total  area 
of  windows  in  such  room  shall  be  at  least  one-eighth  of 
the  superficial  area  of  the  room,  and  one-half  of  the  sash 
shall  be  made  to  open  the  full  width,  and  the  top  of  each 
window  shall  be  within  six  inches  of  the  ceiling. 

5.  All  walls  surrounding  such  room  shall  be  made 
damp-proof  in  the  manner  specified  in  the  next  section. 

6.  The  floor  of  such  room  shall  be  made  damp-proof 
and  waterproof  in  the  manner  specified  in  the  next  sec- 
tion. 


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Section  92. 

BASEMENTS     AND     CELLARS,     CONTINUED. 

Every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  have  all 
walls  below  the  ground  level  and  all  cellar  or  lower  floors 
made  damp-proof  and  waterproof. 

Such  damp-proofing  and  waterproofiing  shall  run 
through  the  walls  and  up  the  same  as  high  as  the  ground 
level  and  shall  be  continued  throughout  the  floor, 

And  the  said  cellar  or  lowest  floor  shall  be  properly 
constructed  so  as  to  prevent  dampness  or  water  from 
entering. 

Section  93. 

SHAFTS,  COURTS,  AREAS  AND  YARDS. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  the  bottom 
of  all  shafts,  courts,  areas  and  yards  which  extend  to  the 
basement  for  light  or  ventilation  of  living  rooms,  must 
be  six  inches  below  the  floor  level  of  the  part  occupied 
or  intended  to  be  occupied. 

All  shafts,  courts,  areas  and  yards  shall  be  properly 
concreted,  graded  and  drained,  and  shall  be  properly 
connected  with  the  street  sewer  so  that  all  water  may 
pass  freely  into  it. 

Section  94. 

WATER  SUPPLY. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there  shall 
be  in  each  apartment  a  proper  sink  with  running  water. 

Section  95. 

WATER-CLOSET   ACCOMMODATIONS. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there  shall 
be  a  separate  water-closet  in  a  separate  compartment 
within  each  apartment. 

Provided  that  where  there  are  apartments  consist- 
ing of  but  one  or  two  rooms,  there  shall  be  at  least  one 
water-closet   for    everv    three    rooms.      All    water-closet 


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compartments  must  have  a  window  opening  upon  the 
street  or  yard  or  upon  a  court  or  vent  shaft. 

Every  water-closet  compartment  shall  be  provided 
v.-ith  proper  means  of  lighting  the  same  at  night.  If  fix- 
tures for  gas  or  eletricity  are  not  provided  in  said  com- 
partment, then  the  door  of  said  compartment  shall  be 
provided  with  ground  glass  or  wire  glass  panels,  or  with 
a  ground  glass  or  wire  glass  transom,  not  less  in  area 
than  four  square  feet. 

The  floor  of  every  water-closet  compartment  shall  be 
made  waterproof  with  asphalt,  cement,  tile,  stone,  metal 
or  some  other  waterproof  material;  and  such  water- 
proofing shall  extend  at  least  six  inches  above  the  floor 
so  that  the  said  floor  can  be  washed  or  flushed  out  with- 
out leaking. 

No  drip  trays  shall  be  permitted. 

No  water-closet  fixtures  shall  be  enclosed  with  any 
woodwork. 

Section  96. 

PL.LMBING. 

In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  all  plumb- 
ing pipes  shall  wherever  possible  be  exposed,  or  if  such 
pipes  are  covered  there  shall  be  at  each  floor  access  to 
all  rising  lines  through  removable  panels ;  said  panels 
shall  always  be  as  wide  as  the  whole  stack  of  pipes,  and 
at  least  two  feet  and  six  inches  in  height. 

TITLE   II. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  ONLY  TO  NOW 
EXISTING  TENEMENT  HOUSES. 

Section  97. 

BASEMENTS  AND  CELLARS. 

Hereafter  in  any  now  existing  tenement  house  no 
room  in  the  basement  or  cellar  shall  be  occupied  for 
living  purposes  without  a  written  permit  from  the  de- 


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partment  of  health,  and  such  permit  shall  be  kept  readily 
accessible  in  said  room. 

And  no  such  room  shall  hereafter  be  occupied  unless 
all  the  following  conditions  are  complied  with: 

1.  Such  room  shall  be  at  least  eight  feet  high  in  every 
part  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling. 

2.  The  ceiling  of  such  room  shall  be  in  every  part  at 
least  two  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  street  or  ground 
outside  of  or  adjoining  the  same. 

3.  There  shall  be  appurtenant  to  such  room  the  use 
of  a  separate  water-closet. 

4.  There  shall  be  outside  of  and  adjoining  such  room, 
and  extending  along  the  entire  frontage  thereof,  an  open 
space  of  at  least  two  feet  six  inches  wide  in  every  part. 
The  bottom  of  said  space  shall  be  at  least  six  inches 
below  the  level  of  the  floor  of  the  room,  and  such  space 
shall  be  well  and  effectually  drained  by  a  drain  the  bot- 
tom of  which  shall  be  at  least  one  foot  below  the  level  of 
the  floor  of  the  room. 

5.  Such  room  shall  have  a  window  or  windows  opening 
to  the  outer  air  of  at  least  nine  square  feet  in  size  clear 
of  the  sash  frame,  and  at  least  four  and  one-half  square 
feet  of  which  shall  have  been  made  to  readily  open  for 
purposes  of  ventilation. 

6.  If  the  house  is  situated  over  marshy  ground,  or 
ground  on  which  water  lies,  or  ground  on  which  there 
is  water  pressure  from  below,  the  lowest  floor  shall  have 
been  made  waterproof  and  damp  proof. 


Section  98. 

WATER-CLOSETS. 

In  all  now  existing  tenement  houses  the  woodwork 
enclosing  all  water-closets  shall  be  removed  from  the 
front  of  said  closet,  and  the  space  underneath  the  seat 
shall  be  left  open. 

The  floor  or  other  surface  beneath  and  around  the 
closet  shall  be  maintained  in  good  order  and  repair  and 
shall  be  kept  well  painted  with  white  paint. 


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Section  99. 

PUBLIC   SINKS. 

In  all  now  existing  tenement  houses  the  woodwork 
enclosing  sinks  located  in  the  public  halls  or  stairs  shall 
be  removed,  and  the  space  underneath  said  sinks  shall 
be  left  open. 

The  floors  and  wall  surfaces  beneath  and  around  the 
sink  shall  be  maintained  in  good  order  and  repair,  and 
shall  be  kept  well  painted  with  white  paint. 

Section  100. 

PRIVY  VAULTS,   SCHOOL.   SINKS   AND  WATER-CI.OSKTS. 

In  all  now  existing  tenement  houses,  all  school  sinks, 
privy  vaults  or  other  similar  receptacles  used  to  receive 
fecal  matter,  urine  or  sewage,  shall  before  January  first, 
nineteen  hundred  and  three,  be  completely  removed  and 
the  place  where  they  were  located  properly  disinfected 
under  the  direction  of  the  department  of  health. 

Such  appliances  shall  be  replaced  by  individual  water- 
closets  of  durable  non-absorbent  material,  properly  sewer 
connected,  and  with  individual  traps,  and  properly  con- 
nected flush  tanks  providing  an  ample  flush  of  water  to 
thoroughly  cleanse  the  bowl. 

The  seats  of  the  water-closets  shall  be  hinged  and  at- 
tached to  the  bowl  of  the  closet. 

Each  water-closet  shall  be  located  in  a  compartment 
completely  separated  from  every  other  water-closet. 

The  floors  of  the  water-closet  compartments  shall  be 
w^ater-proof  as  provided  in  section  ninety-five  of  this  act. 

Such  water-closets  may  be  located  in  the  yard  if  neces- 
sary, and  if  so,  long  hopper  closets  may  be  used; 

All  traps,  flush  tanks  and  pipes  shall  be  protected 
against  the  action  of  frost. 

There  shall  be  provided  at  least  one  water-closet  for 
every  two  families  in  every  now  existing  tenement  house. 

Except  as  in  this  section  otherwise  provided  such 
water-closets  and  all  .plumbing  in  connection  therewith 


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shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  and  regula- 
tions in  relation  to  plumbing  and  drainage. 

TITLE   III. 

PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  ALL  TENEMENT 

HOUSES,   WHETHER   HEREAFTER 

ERECTED  OR  NOW  EXISTING. 

Section   101. 

BASEMENTS  AND  CELLARS. 

The  floor  of  the  cellar  or  lowest  floor  of  every  tene- 
ment house  shall  be  water  tight  and  the  cellar  ceiling 
shall  be  plastered. 

Section   102. 

CELLAR   WALLS   AND    CEILINGS. 

The  cellar  walls  and  ceilings  of  every  tenement  house 
shall  be  thoroughly  whitewashed  or  painted  a  light  color 
by  the  owner  at  least  once  a  year ; 

And  no  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  whether  or 
not  it  has  now  been  actually  commenced,  shall  be  occu- 
pied until  this  has  been  done  for  the  first  time. 

Section   103. 

ROOFS. 

The  roof  of  every  tenement  house  shall  be  kept  in  good 
repair  and  so  as  not  to  leak,  and  all  rain  water  shall  be 
so  drained  and  conveyed  therefrom  as  to  prevent  its 
dripping  on  to  the  ground  or  causing  dampness  in  the 
walls,  ceilings,  yards  or  areas. 

Section  104. 

WATER  SUPPLY. 

Every  tenement  house  shall  have  water  furnished  in 
sufflcient  quantity  at  one  or  more  places  on  each  floor 
occupied  by  or  intended  to  be  occupied  by  one  or  more 
families. 

The  owner   shall   provide  proper   and   suitable   tanks, 


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pumps  or  other  appliances  to  receive  and  to  distribute 
an  adequate  and  sufficient  supply  of  such  water  at  each 
floor  in  the  said  house,  at  all  times  of  the  year,  during 
all  hours  of  the  day  and  night. 

But  a  failure  in  the  general  supply  of  water  by  the 
city  authorities  shall  not  be  construed  to  be  a  failure  on 
the  part  of  such  owner,  provided  that  proper  and  suitable 
appliances  to  receive  and  distribute  such  water  have  been 
provided  in  said  house. 

Section  105. 

CliEANIilNESS  OF  BUILDINGS. 

Every  tenement  house  and  every  part  thereof  shall  be 
kept  clean  and  free  from  any  accumulation  of  dirt,  filth 
or  garbage  or  other  matter  in  or  on  the  same,  or  in  the 
yards,  courts,  passages,  areas  or  alleys  connected  with  or 
belonging  to  the  same. 

The  owner  of  every  tenement  house  or  part  thereof 
shall  thoroughly  cleanse  all  the  rooms,  passages,  stairs, 
floors,  windows,  doors,  walls,  ceilings,  privies,  water- 
closets,  cesspools,  drains,  halls,  cellars,  roofs  and  all  other 
parts  of  the  said  tenement  house,  or  part  of  the  house  of 
which  he  is  the  owner,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  depart- 
ment of  health,  and  shall  keep  the  said  parts  of  the  said 
tenement  house  in  a  cleanly  condition  at  all  times. 

No  person  shall  place  filth,  urine  or  fecal  matter  in  any 
place  in  a  tenement  house  other  than  that  provided  for 
the  same,  or  keep  filth,  urine  or  fecal  matter  in  his  apart- 
ment or  upon  his  premises  such  length  of  time  as  to 
create  a  nuisance. 


Section  106. 

SHAFTS   AND   COURTS. 

In  every  tenement  house  there  shall  be,  at  the  bottom 
of  every  shaft  and  inner  court,  a  self-closing  fireproof 
door  giving  sufficient  access  to  such  shaft  or  court  to 
enable  it  to  be  properly  cleaned  out. 


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Section  107. 

WAIiliS    OP   COURTS   AND    SHAFTS. 

The  walls  of  all  yard-courts,  inner-courts  and  shafts 
unless  built  of  a  Hght  color  brick  or  stone  shall  be  thor- 
oughly whitewashed  by  the  owner  at  least  once  in  three 
years,  or  shall  be  painted  a  light  color  by  him  at  least 
once  in  five  years ; 

And  no  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  whether  or 
not  it  has  now  been  actually  commenced,  shall  be  occu- 
pied until  this  has  been  done  for  the  first  time. 

Section  108. 

WALL.   PAPER. 

No  wall  paper  shall  be  placed  upon  a  wall  or  ceiling 
of  any  tenement  house  unless  all  wall  paper  shall  be  first 
removed  therefrom  and  said  wall  and  ceiling  thoroughly 
cleaned. 

Section  109. 

RECEPTACLES    FOR    ASHES,    GARBAGE    AND    REFUSE. 

The  owner  of  every  tenement  house  shall  provide  for 
said  building  proper  and  suitable  conveniences  or  recep- 
tacles for  ashes,  rubbish,  garbage,  refuse  and  other 
matter. 

Section  110. 

PROHIBITED   USES. 

No  horse,  cow,  calf,  swine,  sheep  or  goat  shall  be  kept 
in  a  tenement  house,  or  on  the  premises  thereof, 

And  no  tenement  house  shall  be  used  for  a  lodging 
house  or  stable,  or  for  the  storage  or  handling  of  rags. 

Section  111. 

JANITOR    OR    HOUSEKEEPER. 

Whenever  there  shall  be  more  than  eight  families  liv- 
ing in  any  tenement  house,  in  which  the  owner  thereof 
does  not  reside,  there  shall  be  a  janitor,  housekeeper  or 


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some  other  responsible  person  who  shall  reside  in  said 
house  and  have  charge  of  the  same,  if  the  department  of 
health  shall  so  require. 

Section  112. 

OVERCROWDING. 

No  room  in  any  tenement  house  shall  be  so  over- 
crowded that  there  shall  be  afforded  less  than  four  hun- 
dred cubic  feet  of  air  to  each  adult,  and  two  hundred 
cubic  feet  of  air  to  each  child  under  twelve  years  of  age 
occupying  such  room, 

And  no  apartment  in  any  tenement  house  shall  be  so 
overcrowded  that  there  shall  be  afforded  in  the  living 
rooms  and  bedrooms  of  said  apartment  less  than  six 
hundred  cubic  feet  of  air  to  each  individual  occupying 
such  apartment. 

Section  113. 

SPACE  AROUND  PIPES. 

In  all  tenement  houses,  where  plumbing  or  other  pipes 
pass  through  floors  or  partitions,  the  openings  around 
such  pipes  shall  be  sealed  or  made  air-tight  with  plaster, 
or  other  incombustible  materials,  so  as  to  prevent  the 
passage  of  air  or  the  spread  of  fire  from  one  floor  to 
another  or  from  room  to  room. 


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CHAPTER   V. 

REMEDIES. 

TITLE  I. 

GENERAL  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 

Section  121. 

PERMIT  TO  COM3IENCE  BUILDING. 

Before  the  construction  or  alteration  of  a  tenement 
house,  or  the  alteration  or  conversion  of  a  building;-  for 
use  as  a  tenement  house,  is  commenced,  the  owner,  or 
his  agent  or  architect,  shall  submit  to  the  department 
charged  with  the  enforcement  of  this  act — 

A  detailed  statement  in  writing,  verified  by  the  person 
making  the  same,  of  the  specifications  for  the  construc- 
tion and  for  the  light  and  ventilation  of  such  tenement 
house  or  building,  upon  a  blank  or  form  to  be  furnished 
by  such  department. 

And  also  a  full  and  complete  copy  of  the  plans  of  such 
work. 

Such  statement  shall  give  in  full  the  name  and  resi- 
dence, by  street  and  number,  of  the  owner  or  owners  of 
such  tenement  house  or  building. 

If  such  construction,  alteration,  or  conversion,  is  pro- 
posed to  be  made  by  any  other  person  than  the  owner  of 
the  land  in  fee,  such  statement  shall  contain  the  full  name 
and  residence,  by  street  and  number,  not  only  of  the 
owner  of  the  land,  but  of  every  person  interested  in  such 
tenement  house,  either  as  owner,  lessee  or  in  any  repre- 
sentative capacity. 

The  statements  herein  provided  for  may  be  made  by 
the  owner,  or  the  person  who  proposes  to  make  the  con- 
struction, alteration  or  conversion,  or  by  his  agent  or 
architect. 

No  person,  however,  shall  be  recognized  as  the  agent 


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of  the  owner,  unless  he  shall  file  with  the  said  department 
a  written  instrument,  signed  by  such  owner,  designating 
him  as  such  agent. 

Such  specifications,  plans  and  statements  shall  be  filed 
in  the  said  department  and  shall  be  deemed  public 
records,  but  no  such  specifications,  plans  or  statements 
shall  be  removed  from  said  department. 

The  said  department  shall  cause  all  such  plans  and 
specifications  to  be  examined.  If  such  plans  and  speci- 
fications conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  to  the 
building  ordinances  and  regulations  they  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  such  department,  and  a  written  certificate  to 
that  effect  shall  be  issued  to  the  person  submitting  the 
same. 

The  department  may,  from  time  to  time,  approve 
changes  in  any  plans  and  specifications  previously  ap- 
proved by  it,  provided  the  plans  and  specifications  when 
so  changed  shall  be  in  conformity  with  law. 

The  construction,  alteration  or  conversion  of  such 
tenement  house  or  building,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall 
not  be  comrrienced  until  the  filing  of  such  specifications, 
plans  and  statements,  and  the  approval  thereof,  as  above 
provided. 

Section  122. 

CERTIFICATE     OF    COMPLIANCE. 

No  building  hereafter  constructed  as  or  altered  into  a 
tenement  house  shall  be  occupied  in  whole  or  in  part  for 
human  habitation  until  the  issuance  of  a  certificate  by 
the  department  aforesaid  that  said  building  conforms 
in  all  respects  to  the  requirements  of  this  act. 

Such  certificate  shall  be  issued  within  ten  days  after 
written  application  therefor,  if  said  building  at  the  date 
of  such  application  shall  be  entitled  thereto. 

Section  123. 

UNLAWFUL  OCCUPATION 

If  any  building  hereafter  constructed  as  or  altered  into 


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a  tenement  house  be  occupied  in  whole  or  in  part  for 
human  habitation  in  violation  of  the  last  section, 

During  such  unlawful  occupation  any  bond  or  note 
secured  by  a  mortgage  upon  said  building,  or  the  lot 
upon  which  it  stands,  may  be  declared  due  at  the  option 
of  the  mortgagee. 

No  rent  shall  be  recoverable  by  the  owner  or  lessee  of 
such  premises  for  said  period,  and  no  action  or  special 
proceeding  shall  be  maintained  therefor,  or  for  posses- 
sion of  said  premises  for  non-payment  of  such  rent. 

The  department  of  water  supply  shall  not  permit  water 
to  be  furnished  in  any  such  tenement  house, 

And  said  premises  shall  be  deemed  unfit  for  human 
habitation, 

And  the  department  of  health  shall  cause  them  to  be 
vacated  accordingly. 

Section  124. 

ENFORCEMENT. 

Except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall  be  enforced  by  the  department  of  any  city 
to  which  this  act  applies,  which  is  now  charged  with  the 
enforcement  of  laws,  ordinances  and  regulations  relat- 
ing to  similar  subject  matter  in  tenement  houses. 

Section  125. 

VIOLATIONS. 

Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  abrogate  or 
impair  the  powers  of  the  department  of  health,  the  de- 
partment of  buildings,  or  of  the  courts,  to  enforce  any 
provisions  of  the  charter  or  building  ordinances  and 
regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  this  act,  or  to  prevent 
or  punish  violations  thereof. 

Section  126. 

PENALTIES    FOR    VIOLATIONS. 

Every  person  who  shall  violate  or  assist  in  the  viola- 
tion of  any  provision  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of — 


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A  misdemeanor  punishable  by  imprisonment  for  ten 
days  for  each  and  every  day  that  such  violation  shall 
continue, 

Or  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  if  the  offence  be  not  wilful, 

Or  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  if  the  offence  be 
wilful, 

And  in  every  case  of  ten  dollars  for  each  day  after  the 
first  that  such  violation  shall  continue. 

Or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  court; 

Provided,  that  the  punishment  for  a  violation  of  sec- 
tion one  hundred  and  thirty-one  of  this  act  shall  be  a  fine 
of  fifty  dollars ; 

And  provided  further,  that  the  penalty  for  encumbrance 
of  a  fire  escape  by  an  occupant  of  the  tenement  house 
shall  be  a  fine  of  ten  dollars,  which  the  nearest  police 
magistrate  shall  have  jurisdiction  to  impose. 


Section  127. 

VIOLATION    OF    BUILDING    LAWS,    ORDINANCES    AND    REGU- 
LATIONS. 

Any  owner,  agent,  architect,  builder,  contractor,  sub- 
contractor, or  foreman  who  shall,  in  the  construction  or 
alteration  of  any  building  intended  to  be  used  as  a  tene- 
ment house,  knowingly  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  building  laws,  ordinances  or  regulations  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 


Section  128. 

PROCEDURE. 

Except  as  herein  otherwise  specified,  the  procedure 
for  the  prevention  of  violations  of  this  act,  or  for  the 
vacation  of  premises  unlawfully  occupied,  or  for  other 
abatement  of  nuisance  in  connection  with  a  tenement 
house,  shall  be  as  set  forth  in  charter  and  ordinances. 


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Section  129. 

LIENS. 

Every  fine  imposed  by  judgment  under  section  one 
"hundred  and  twenty-six  of  this  act  upon  a  tenement 
house  owner  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  house  in  relation  to 
which  the  fine  is  imposed  from  the  time  of  the  filing  of  a 
certified  copy  of  said  judgment  in  the  ofifice  of  the  clerk 
of  the  county  in  which  said  tenement  house  is  situated, 
subject  only  to  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates  and 
to  such  mortgage  and  mechanics'  liens  as  may  exist 
thereon  prior  to  such  filing; 

And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  department  of  health 
upon  the  entry  of  said  judgment,  to  forthwith  file  the 
copy  as  aforesaid,  and  such  copy,  upon  such  fiUng,  shall 
be  forthwith  indexed  by  the  clerk  in  the  index  of  me- 
chanics' liens. 

TITLE  II. 

REGISTRY  OF  NAMES  AND  SERVICE  OF 

PAPERS. 

Section  131. 

REGISTRY    OF    OW^NERS'    NAMES. 

Every  owner  of  a  tenement  house  and  every  lessee  of 
the  whole  house,  or  other  person  having  control  of  a 
tenement  house,  shall  file  in  the  department  of  health  a 
notice  containing — 

His  name  and  address,  and  also  a  description  of  the 
property,  by  street  number  or  otherwise,  as  the  case  may 
be,  in  such  manner  as  will  enable  the  department  of  health 
easily  to  find  the  same ; 

And  also  the  number  of  apartments  in  each  house,  the 
number  of  rooms  in  each  apartment,  the  number  of  fam- 
ilies occupying  the  apartments,  and  the  trades  or  occu- 
pations carried  on  therein. 

In  case  of  a  transfer  of  any  tenement  house,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  grantor  or  grantee  of  said  tenement 
house  to  file  in  the  department  of  health  a  notice  of  such 


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transfer,  stating  the  name  of  the  new  owner,  within  thirty 
days  after  such  transfer. 

In  case  of  the  devolution  of  said  property  by  will,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  executor  and  the  devisee,  if  more 
than  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  in  case  of  the  devolu- 
tion of  such  property  by  inheritance  without  a  will,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  heirs,  or  in  case  all  of  the 
heirs  are  under  age,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  guardians 
of  such  heirs,  and  in  case  said  heirs  have  no  guardians, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  administrator  of  the  deceased 
owner  of  said  property  to  file  in  said  department  a  no- 
tice, stating  the  death  of  the  deceased  owner,  and  the 
names  of  those  who  have  succeeded  to  his  interest  in  said 
property,  within  thirty  days  after  the  death  of  the  dece- 
dent, in  case  he  died  intestate,  and  within  thirty  days 
after  the  probate  of  his  will,  if  he  died  testate. 

Section  132. 

REGISTRY   OP   AGENT'S   NAME. 

Every  owner,  agent,  or  lessee  of  a  tenement  house 
may  file  in  the  department  of  health  a  notice  containing 
the  name  and  address  of  an  agent  of  such  house,  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  service  of  process,  and  also  a  de- 
scription of  the  property  by  street  number  or  otherwise, 
as  the  case  may  be,  in  such  manner  as  will  enable  the  de- 
partment of  health  easily  to  find  the  same.  The  name  of 
the  owner  or  lessee  may  be  filed  as  agent  for  this  pur- 
pose. 

Section  133. 

SERVICE   OP  NOTICES   AND   ORDERS. 

Every  notice  or  order  in  relation  to  a  tenement  house 
shall  be  served  five  days  before  the  time  for  doing  the 
thing  in  relation  to  which  it  shall  have  been  issued. 

The  posting  of  a  copy  of  such  notice  or  order  in  a 
conspicuous  place  in  the  tenement  house,  together  with 
the  mailing  of  a  copy  thereof,  on  the  same  day  that  it  is 
posted,  to  each  person,  if  any,  whose  name  has  been  filed 


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with  the  department  of  health  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  sections  one  hundred,  and  thirty-one  and 
one  hundred  and  thirty-two  of  this  act,  at  his  address  as 
therewith  filed,  shall  be  sufficient  service  thereof. 

Section  134. 

SERVICE    OF    SUMMONS. 

In  any  action  brought  by  any  city  department  in  rela- 
tion to  a  tenement  house  for  injunction,  vacation  of  the 
premises,  or  other  abatement  of  nuisance,  or  to  establish 
a  lien  thereon,  it  shall  be  sufficient  service  of  the  sum- 
mons to  serve  the  same  as  notices  and  orders  are  served 
under  the  provisions  of  the  last  section ; 

Provided,  that  if  the  address  of  any  agent  whose  name 
and  address  have  been  filed  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  section  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  of  this  act  is 
in  the  city  in  which  the  tenement  house  is  situated,  then 
a  copy  of  the  summons  shall  also  be  delivered  at  such 
address  to  a  person  of  proper  age,  if  upon  reasonable 
application  admittance  can  be  obtained  and  such  person 
found ; 

And  provided  also,  that  personal  service  of  the  sum- 
mons upon  the  owner  of  such  tenement  house  shall  be 
sufficient  service  thereof  upon  him. 

Section  135. 

INDEXING  NAMES. 

The  names  and  addresses  filed  in  accordance  with  sec- 
tions one  hundred  and  thirty-one  and  one  hundred  and 
thirty-two  shall  be  indexed  under  direction  of  the  regis- 
trar of  records  of  the  department  of  health,  in  such  a 
manner  that  all  of  those  filed  in  relation  to  each  tene- 
ment house  shall  be  together,  and  readily  ascertainable. 

The  board  of  health  shall  provide  the  registrar  with  the 
necessary  books  and  clerical  assistance  for  that  purpose, 
and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  by  the  city. 

Said  indexes  shall  be  public  records,  open  to  public  in- 
spection during  business  hours. 


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TITLE  III. 
PROSTITUTION   IN   TENEMENT   HOUSES. 

Section  141. 

VAGRANCY. 

A  woman  who  knowingly  resides  in  or  commits  pros- 
titution in  a  house  of  prostitution  or  assignation  of  any 
description  in  a  tenement  house  or  soHcits  any  man  or 
boy  to  enter  therein  for  purposes  of  prostitution  shall 
be  deemed  a  vagrant, 

And  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  committed  to  a 
county  jail  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months  from 
the  date  of  commitment. 

The  procedure  in  such  case  shall  be  the  same  as  that 
provided  by  law  for  other  cases  of  vagrancy. 

Section  142. 

L.IEN. 

A  tenement  house  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  one 
thousand  dollars, 

If  it  or  any  part  of  it  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  of 
a  house  of  prostitution  or  assignation  of  any  descrip- 
tion, with  the  permission  of  the  owner  thereof,  or  his 
agent, 

And  said  penalty  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  house  and 
the  lot  upon  which  the  house  is  situated. 

Section  143. 

PERMISSION   OF   LBSSEEi. 

If  a  tenement  house,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  used 
for  the  purpose  of  a  house  of  prostitution  or  assignation 
of  any  description  with  the  permission  of  the  lessee  of  the 
whole  of  said  tenement  house,  or  his  agent, 

The  lease  shall  be  terminable  at  the  election  of  the 
lessor. 

And  the  owner  shall  be  entitled  to  recover  possession 
of  said  tenement  house  by  summary  proceedings  in  the 


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manner  provided  by  title  two  of  chapter  seventeen  of 
the  code  of  civil  procedure. 

Section  144. 

PERMISSION    OF    OWNER. 

A  tenement  house  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  used 
for  the  purpose  specified  in  the  last  two  sections  with 
the  permission  of  the  owner  and  lessee  thereof — 

If  summary  proceedings  for  the  removal  of  the  tenants 
of  said  tenement  house  or  of  so  much  thereof  as  is  ui> 
lawfully  used,  shall  not  have  been  commenced  within  fi\^ 
days  after  notice  of  such  unlawful  use,  served  by  the  de- 
partment of  health  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  for 
the  service  of  notices  and  orders  in  relation  to  tenement 
houses. 

Section  145. 

RUL.ES    OP   EVIDENCE. 

In  a  prosecution  against  an  owner  or  agent  of  a  tene- 
ment house  under  section  three  hundred  and  twenty-two 
of  the  penal  code,  or  in  an  action  to  establish  a  lien  under 
section  one  hundred  and  forty-two  of  this  act, 

The  general  reputation  of  the  premises  in  the  neigh- 
borhood shall  be  competent  evidence,  but  shall  not  be 
sufificient  to  support  a  judgment  without  corroborative 
evidence, 

And  it  shall  be  presumed  that  their  use  was  with  the 
permission  of  the  owner  and  lessee ;  provided,  that  such 
presumption  may  be  rebutted  by  evidence. 

Section  146. 

TITLE    OP   ACTION   AND    PARTIES. 

Said  action  shall  be  brought  against  the  tenement 
house  as  defendant. 

Said  house  may  be  described  in  the  title  of  the  action 
by  its  street  number,  or  in  any  other  method  sufficiently 
precise  to  secure  identification. 

The  property  shall  be  described  in  the  complaint. 


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The  plaintiff,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be 
the  department  of  health. 

In  case  any  taxpayer  of  any  city  to  which  this  act  ap- 
plies, shall  request  such  department  in  writing  to  insti- 
tute an  action  under  this  title  against  any  tenement  house 
specified  in  such  request,  and  such  department  shall  not 
institute  such  action  within  ten  days  after  receiving  such 
request,  then  any  taxpayer  of  said  city  may  institute  and 
maintain  such  action  against  such  tenement  house  in  his 
own  name,  and  in  such  case  the  court  may  in  its  discre- 
tion require  security  for  costs. 

Section   147. 

JURISDICTION   AND   PROCEDURE. 

Said  action  shall  be  brought  in  the  supreme  court  in 
the  county  in  which  the  property  is  situated. 

x\t  or  before  the  commencement  of  the  action  the  com- 
plaint shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county, 
together  with  a  notice  of  the  pendency  of  the  action,  con- 
taining the  names  of  the  parties,  the  object  of  the  action 
and  a  brief  description  of  the  property  affected  thereby. 
Said  notice  shall  be  immediately  recorded  by  the  clerk 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  sixteen  hun- 
dred and  seventy-two  of  the  code  of  civil  procedure. 

The  owner  or  lessee  of  said  building,  or  both,  may  ap- 
pear in  said  action  and  answer  or  demur  to  the  complaint 
and  the  subsequent  proceedings  in  the  action  shall  be 
the  same  as  in  other  actions  brought  to  establish  a  lien 
or  encumbrance  upon  real  property,  and  the  action  shall 
be  entitled  to  a  preference  in  the  trial  or  hearing  thereof. 

Section  148. 

JUDGMENT. 

The  judgment  in  such  action,  if  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff, 
shall  establish  the  penalty  sued  for  as  a  lien  upon  said 
premises,  subject  only  to  taxes,  assessments  and  water 
rates,  and  to  such  mortgage  and  mechanics'  liens  as  may 


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exist  thereon  prior  to  the  fiUng  of  the  notice  of  pendency 
of  the  action. 

Section  149. 

sale:  op  property. 

At  any  time  after  the  entry  of  any  judgment  establish- 
ing a  lien  upon  tenement  property  the  department  of 
health,  if  there  be  no  stay  pending  appeal,  may  apply  to 
the  court  for  leave  to  sell  such  property. 

Upon  such  appHcation  the  court,  if  it  deem  advisable, 
may  order  such  property  to  be  sold  at  pubHc  auction, 
subject  to  taxes,  assessments  and  water  rates,  and  to  such 
mortgage  and  mechanics'  liens  as  aforesaid. 

The  deed  to  the  purchaser  shall  be  made  by  the  depart- 
ment of  health. 

The  justices  of  the  appellate  division  of  the  supreme 
court  of  any  judicial  department  may  establish  rules  of 
practice,  which  shall  be  followed  by  such  department  of 
health  in  the  conduct  of  said  sales  in  said  department. 

Section  150. 

RECE3IVERSHIP. 

Whenever  the  lien  or  liens  upon  a  tenement  property, 
established  by  judgment,  shall  amount  to  one  thousand 
dollars  or  over,  if  there  be  no  stay  pending  appeal,  the 
department  of  health  shall  appoint  a  receiver  of  the 
rents  and  profits  of  said  property. 

Said  receiver  shall  give  security  for  the  performance 
of  his  duties  in  the  manner  and  form  fixed  by  said  de- 
partment. 

He  shall  have  the  powers  and  duties  of  a  receiver  of 
rents  and  profits  of  real  estate  appointed  by  the  supreme 
court;  provided,  that  the  corporation  counsel  shallvact 
as  his  counsel  and  that  he  shall  not  be  allowed  any  ex- 
penditure for  counsel  fees,  and  provided,  that  his  com- 
missions shall  be  ten  per  centum  of  his  collections,  which 
sum  shall  be  full  compensation  for  his  services  and  those 
of  any  agent  or  agents  whom  he  may  employ. 


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Said  receivership  shall  continue  until  the  amount  of 
said  Hens,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
centum,  and  of  said  commissions,  have  been  fully  paid; 

Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  any  prior  Henor  from  applying  to  the  court  in 
a  proper  case  for  a  receiver  of  the  property. 

Section  151. 

CAXCELiIiATION  OF  NOTICE  OF  PENDENCY  OF  THE  ACTION, 

If  an  action  to  estabHsh  a  Hen  upon  tenement  property 
terminate  otherwise  than  in  a  judgment  establishing  such 
a  lien,  or  if  said  judgment  be  fully  paid,  said  notice  may 
be  cancelled  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  section  one 
thousand  six  hundred  and  seventy-four  of  the  code  of 
civil  procedure. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Section   161. 

REPEAL. 

All  statutes  of  the  state  and  ordinances  of  the  city  so 
far  as  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed; 

Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  be 
construed  as  repealing  or  abrogating  any  present  law  or 
ordinance  in  any  city  of  the  first  class,  further  restricting 
or  prohibiting  the  occupation  of  cellars,  or  increasing 
the  amount  of  air  space  to  each  individual  occupying  a 
room,  or  as  prohibiting  any  future  ordinance  in  respect 
thereto. 

Section  162. 

BUILDING    REGULATIONS. 

Except  as  herein  otherwise  specified,  every,  tenement 
house  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained  in  conformity 
with  the  existing  law, 

But  no  ordinance,  regulation  or  ruling  of  any  munici- 


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pal  authority  shall  modify  or  dispense  with  any  provision 
of  this  act. 

Section  163. 

PENALTIES. 

All  penalties  collected  under  this  act  shall  be  paid  into 
the  city  treasury. 

Section  164. 

TIME   FOR  COMPLIANCE. 

All  alterations  hereby  required  upon  now  existing  tene- 
ment houses  shall  be  made  within  one  year  from  the  time 
when  this  act  shall  take  effect, 

Or  at  such  earlier  period  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  de- 
partments charged  with  the  enforcement  of  this  act. 

Section  165. 

WHEN    TO    TAKE    EFFECT. 

This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately ; 

Provided,  that  sections  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
and  one  hundred  and  forty-four  shall  not  take  effect  un- 
til three  months  after  the  passage  thereof. 


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